# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/raj-narain
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:46:34.350Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/raj-narain"
name: "Raj Narain"
slug: "raj-narain"
description: "Raj Narain was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. He won in a famous electoral malpractice case against the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, which led to her disqualification and, eventually, imposition of the 21-month Emergency in India from 1975. He defeated Gandhi during the 1977 Lok Sabha elections."
tagline: "Indian freedom fighter and politician (1917–1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Raj_Narain_2007_stamp_of_India.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1917-03-15"
deathDate: "1986-12-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.315128
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "రాజ్ నారాయణ్"
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    title: "ᱨᱟᱡᱽ ᱱᱟᱨᱟᱭᱚᱬ"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump