# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/m-chidananda-murthy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:23:26.664Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/m-chidananda-murthy"
name: "M. Chidananda Murthy"
slug: "m-chidananda-murthy"
description: "M. Chidananda Murthy was a Kannada writer, researcher and historian. He was a well-known scholar in Karnataka specializing in the history of Kannada language and ancient Karnataka. He was also known for his campaign to conserve the monuments Hampi and to secure classical language status to Kannada Language. Murthy also articulated that uniform civil code and an anti-conversion law must be enacted by the Government in India."
tagline: "Indian writer, historian"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1931-05-10"
deathDate: "2020-01-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.407848
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump