# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hemanga-biswas
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:19:40.203Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hemanga-biswas"
name: "Hemanga Biswas"
slug: "hemanga-biswas"
description: "Hemanga Biswas was an Indian singer, composer, author and political activist, known for his literature in Bengali and Assamese, advocacy of peoples music, drawing from genres of folk music, including Bhatiali originally popular among the fishermen of Bengal."
tagline: "Indian musician and lyricist (1912–1987)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hemango_Biswas_in_the_1980s.TIF?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1912"
deathDate: "1987-11-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.11
  momentum:             4.2
  historical:           6.207416
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0084438/"
    handle:    "nm0084438"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ହେମାଙ୍ଗ ବିଶ୍ୱାସ"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump