# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/makhan-singh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:50:18.085Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/makhan-singh"
name: "Makhan Singh"
slug: "makhan-singh"
description: "Makhan Singh Jabbal was a Kenyan labour union leader who is credited with establishing the foundations of trade unionism in Kenya. He is credited to have played a vital role in the Kenyan independence movement. He was detained by the British colonialists for 11 years from 1950 to 1961 - the longest ever political detention in Kenya's history."
tagline: "Kenyan trade union activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Makhan_Singh._Nairobi._1947.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1913-12-27"
deathDate: "1973"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.99
  momentum:             3.529411764705882
  historical:           4.871922666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%96%E0%A8%A3_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BF%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%98_(%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%86_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%9F%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%A1_%E0%A8%AF%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%9F)"
    title: "ਮੱਖਣ ਸਿੰਘ (ਕੀਨਿਆ ਦਾ ਟ੍ਰੇਡ ਯੂਨੀਅਨਿਸਟ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makhan_Singh_(trade_unionist)"
    title: "Makhan Singh (trade unionist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makhan_Singh"
    title: "Makhan Singh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DA%A9%DA%BE%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%86%DA%AF%DA%BE_(%D9%B9%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%88_%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%B9)"
    title: "مکھن سنگھ (ٹریڈ یونینسٹ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DA%A9%DA%BE%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%86%DA%AF%DA%BE_(%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D9%B9%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%88_%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A6%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%B9)"
    title: "مکھن سنگھ (کینیا دا ٹریڈ یونیئنسٹ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makhan_Singh"
    title: "Makhan Singh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6739354"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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