# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tara-cherian
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:41:02.258Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tara-cherian"
name: "Tara Cherian"
slug: "tara-cherian"
description: "Tara Cherian was an Indian social activist and politician. She was the first woman mayor of Madras city. The Government of India awarded her the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan in 1967."
tagline: "Indian social activist and politician"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1913"
deathDate: "2000-11-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.49
  momentum:             0.06622516556291391
  historical:           4.872138666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "तारा चेरियन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8"
    title: "তারা চেরিয়ান"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Cherian"
    title: "Tara Cherian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "தாரா செரியன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE_%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BB"
    title: "താരാ ചെറിയാൻ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%9A%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%A8"
    title: "ਤਾਰਾ ਚੈਰੀਅਨ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7685045"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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