# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shahjehan-aapa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:27:44.563Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shahjehan-aapa"
name: "Shahjehan Aapa"
slug: "shahjehan-aapa"
description: "Shahjehan Aapa was a women’s rights activist from India. After one of her daughters was murdered in a dowry death, Aapa was inspired to start a life of feminist activism, working alongside other Indian women and mothers to combat dowry murders, redress, and sexism in India. In 1987, Shahjehan Aapa co-founded the organization Shakti Shalini, which, centered in New Delhi, works to combat gender-based violence and provide support to thousands of Indian women."
tagline: "Indian women's rights activist"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1936"
deathDate: "2013"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.63
  momentum:             3.185185185185185
  historical:           4.868646666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "शहजहान आपा"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE"
    title: "শ্বাহজেহান আপা"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahjehan_Aapa"
    title: "Shahjehan Aapa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B7%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%B9%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%86%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%BE"
    title: "షాజహాన్ ఆపా"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A6%E1%B1%A1%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A6%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B8_%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%9F"
    title: "ᱥᱟᱦᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱟᱯᱟ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A2%D9%BE%D8%A7"
    title: "شاهجهان آپا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123600219"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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