# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gurcharan-singh-tohra
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:25:26.181Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gurcharan-singh-tohra"
name: "Gurcharan Singh Tohra"
slug: "gurcharan-singh-tohra"
description: "Panth Rattan Shiri Gurcharan Singh Tohra was a president of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), a Sikh body in charge of controlling Gurdwara. He died of a heart attack in New Delhi on 1 April 2004 at the age of 79. He remained the head of the SGPC for a record 24 years, and was one of the most influential and controversial Sikh leaders of the 20th century."
tagline: "Indian politician (1924–2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gurcharan_Singh_Tohra.ii._Lion_of_the_Punjab._Exhibition._Gunnersbury_Park._1982.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1924-09-24"
deathDate: "2004-04-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.69
  momentum:             24.16475972540046
  historical:           5.187266666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ਗੁਰਚਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ ਟੌਹੜਾ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurcharan_Singh_Tohra"
    title: "Gurcharan Singh Tohra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "गुरुचरण सिंह तोहड़ा"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%8F%D8%B1%DA%86%D8%B1%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%86%DA%AF%DA%BE_%D8%AA%D9%88%DB%81%DA%91%D8%A7"
    title: "گُرچرن سنگھ توہڑا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurcharan_Singh_Tohra"
    title: "Gurcharan Singh Tohra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%8F%D8%B1%DA%86%D8%B1%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%86%DA%AF%DA%BE_%D9%B9%D9%88%DB%81%DA%91%D8%A7"
    title: "گُرچرن سنگھ ٹوہڑا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3630345"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump