# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ramkrishnan-suryabhan-gavai
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:40:19.224Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ramkrishnan-suryabhan-gavai"
name: "Ramkrishnan Suryabhan Gavai"
slug: "ramkrishnan-suryabhan-gavai"
description: "Ramkrishna Suryabhan Gavai, popularly known as Dadasaheb Gavai, was an Indian politician, social activist, senior leader of the Ambedkarite movement, and founder of the Republican Party of India (Gavai). He was the President of Ambedkar's ideological party Republican Party of India, through this party, he did many works in political and social fields. Gavai also worked with Babasaheb Ambedkar, a polymath. He was the Governor of the three states of Bihar, Sikkim and Kerala, as well as he has served in both houses of the Indian Parliament, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. Gavai was a 30-year member (MLC) of the Maharashtra Legislative Council during which he served on the posts of the chairman, the deputy chairman, and the Opposition leader of the council."
tagline: "Indian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/R._S._Gavai.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1929-10-30"
deathDate: "2015-07-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.26732
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ఆర్.ఎస్. గవై"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ആർ.എസ്. ഗവായി"
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    title: "रा.सु. गवई"
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    title: "ਰਾਮ-ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ ਸੂਰੀਆਭਾਨ ਗਵਈ"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump