# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/siddhartha-shankar-ray
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:35:30.210Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/siddhartha-shankar-ray"
name: "Siddhartha Shankar Ray"
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description: "Siddhartha Shankar Ray was an Indian lawyer, diplomat and Indian National Congress politician from West Bengal. In his political career he held a number of offices, including Chief Minister of West Bengal (1972–77), Union Minister of Education (1971–72), Governor of Punjab (1986–89) and Indian Ambassador to the United States (1992–96). He was, at one point, the main troubleshooter for the Congress Party."
tagline: "Indian politician (1920-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SiddharthaShankarRay.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1920-10-20"
deathDate: "2010-11-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  149
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump