# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kailash-sankhala
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:37:55.669Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kailash-sankhala"
name: "Kailash Sankhala"
slug: "kailash-sankhala"
description: "Kailash Sankhala was an Indian biologist and conservationist. He was the director of Delhi Zoological Park and chief wildlife warden of Rajasthan. He is best known for his work in preserving tigers. Sankhala was the first director of Project Tiger, a conservation programme set up in India in 1973. He was well known as \"The Tiger Man of India\". He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1992 and Rajasthan Ratan in 2013."
tagline: "Indian naturalist (1925-1994)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Indira_Gandhi_giving_Kailash_Sankhala_the_Padma_Shri_award.png/330px-Indira_Gandhi_giving_Kailash_Sankhala_the_Padma_Shri_award.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1925-01-30"
deathDate: "1994-08-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           6.616128
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  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Kailash Sankhala"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump