# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lil-bahadur-chettri
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:14:23.990Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lil-bahadur-chettri"
name: "Lil Bahadur Chettri"
slug: "lil-bahadur-chettri"
description: "Lil Bahadur Chettri was an Indian writer in the Nepali language from Assam, who was a recipient of Sahitya Academy Award for his book Brahmaputrako Chheu Chhau. His other book Basain is a story of poor villagers who undergo suffering due to the exploitation of the feudal and so-called upper class of the society. It is included in the curriculum of Tribhuvan University, Nepal. In 2016, he was honoured with Jagadamba Shree Purasakar for his contribution to the Nepali literature and language. In 2020, the Government of India awarded him the Padmashri, the fourth highest civilian award of India for his contribution in literature and education."
tagline: "Indian writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lil_Bahadur_Chettri.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1933-03-01"
deathDate: "2025-03-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.48
  momentum:             5.2
  historical:           4.876242666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2084229/"
    handle:    "nm2084229"
sources:
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    title: "লীল বাহাদুৰ ছেত্ৰী"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "लील बहादुर क्षेत्री"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "लीलबहादुर क्षेत्री"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump