# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/omkarnath-thakur
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:28:56.615Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/omkarnath-thakur"
name: "Omkarnath Thakur"
slug: "omkarnath-thakur"
description: "Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, was an Indian music teacher, musicologist and Hindustani classical singer. A disciple of classical singer Vishnu Digambar Paluskar of Gwalior gharana and the founder of Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal he became the principal of Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Lahore, and later went on become the first dean of the music faculty at Banaras Hindu University.He also wrote book \"sangeetanjli\" vol 1 to 6"
tagline: "Indian classical singer (1897–1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Omkarnath_Thakur_1997_stamp_of_India.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: "1897-06-24"
deathDate: "1967-12-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           10.626784
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
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