# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gangubai-kothewali
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:56:36.927Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gangubai-kothewali"
name: "Gangubai Kothewali"
slug: "gangubai-kothewali"
description: "Gangubai Harjeevandas, better known as Gangubai Kothewali or Gangubai Kathiawadi, was an Indian social activist, sex worker and madam of a brothel in the Kamathipura area of Mumbai during the 1960s. Gangubai worked for the rights of sex workers and for the well-being of orphans. She gradually ended up operating her own brothel and is known to also have lobbied for the rights of commercial sex workers."
tagline: "Indian social activist, prostitute and madam of a brothel"
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gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1939"
deathDate: "1978"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump