# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/daya-prakash-sinha
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:01:36.703Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/daya-prakash-sinha"
name: "Daya Prakash Sinha"
slug: "daya-prakash-sinha"
description: "Daya Prakash Sinha, also known as D. P. Sinha, was an Indian IAS officer, who served as the national convener for BJP Cultural Cell and vice-president of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). He was also a director, writer, dramatist and playwright, known for his Hindi plays such as Samraat Ashok, Seedhiyan, Katha Ek Kans Ki, Itihas Chakra and Rakt Abhishek. He was a recipient of Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award in the Republic of India. His theatrical works have been published and staged for 50 years and translated into many languages."
tagline: "Indian playwright and director"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1935"
deathDate: "2025-11-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.24
  momentum:             0.3053435114503817
  historical:           4.871526666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ਦਇਆ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਸਿਨਹਾ"
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    title: "दया प्रकाश सिन्हा"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "దయా ప్రకాష్ సిన్హా"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump