# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/khagen-mahanta
# Generated: 2026-09-02T22:15:29.410Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/khagen-mahanta"
name: "Khagen Mahanta"
slug: "khagen-mahanta"
description: "Khagen Mahanta was a singer and composer of folk and traditional music of Assam. Khagen Mahanta was a notable person in Assamese folk music and known as the \"King of Bihu\". His Bihu songs, Borgeet and other folk songs remain popular in Assam. The artist, along with his wife Archana Mahanta and son Angaraag Mahanta who is known as Papon, represent one of the most influential families in Assamese music. He died on 12 June 2014."
tagline: "Indian singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Khagen%2C_Archana_%26_Hiren.jpg?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: "1942-01-01"
deathDate: "2014-06-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.87
  momentum:             1.864406779661017
  historical:           9.086826666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "খগেন মহন্ত"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Khagen Mahanta"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khagen_Mahanta"
    title: "Khagen Mahanta"
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    title: "ଖଗେନ ମହନ୍ତ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کھگین مہنتا"
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    title: "ᱠᱷᱚᱜᱮᱱ ᱢᱳᱦᱳᱱᱛᱳ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khagen_Mahanta"
    title: "Khagen Mahanta"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump