# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shanti-hiranand
# Generated: 2026-08-15T16:29:48.783Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shanti-hiranand"
name: "Shanti Hiranand"
slug: "shanti-hiranand"
description: "Shanti Hiranand was an Indian vocalist, classical musician and writer, known for her proficiency as a ghazal singer. She was the author of the book Begum Akhtar: The Story of My Ammi, a biographical work on Begum Akhtar, a renowned Ghazal singer."
tagline: "Indian vocalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shanti_Hiranand_bharat-s-tiwari-photography-IMG_2292_September_03%2C_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1932"
deathDate: "2020-04-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.206156
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "শান্তি হীরানন্দ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ശാന്തി ഹീരാനന്ദ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ ਹੀਰਾਨੰਦ"
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    title: "சாந்தி கிரானந்து"
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  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%B9%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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