# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kaliprasanna-singha
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:40:47.412Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kaliprasanna-singha"
name: "Kaliprasanna Singha"
slug: "kaliprasanna-singha"
description: "Kaliprasanna Singha, well known by his pen name Hootum Pyancha, was a Bengali author, playwright, and philanthropist. His most famous work was the translation of the ancient Hindu epic Mahabharata into Bengali. Singha's book Hootum Pyanchar Naksha, a compilation of satirical social sketches, is another work that is noted for reflecting Bengali urban society of the time. He is also remembered as a philanthropist who helped several people and movements in distress."
tagline: "Bengali writer of nineteenth-century and translator of the epic Mahabharata in Bangla"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kali-prasanna-sinha.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1841-02-23"
deathDate: "1870-07-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.96
  momentum:             4.841519272778522
  historical:           4.222536
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "كاليبراسانا سينجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "কালীপ্রসন্ন সিংহ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliprasanna_Singha"
    title: "Kaliprasanna Singha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "कालीप्रसन्न सिंह"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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