# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/v-p-menon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:49:42.021Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/v-p-menon"
name: "V. P. Menon"
slug: "v-p-menon"
description: "Vappala Pangunni Menon was an Indian civil servant who served as Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of the States, under Sardar Patel to integrate 562 princely states. By appointment from Viceroy and Governor-General of India Wavell, he also served as Secretary to the Governor-General (Public) and later as Secretary to the Interim Government of India (Cabinet). He also was the Constitutional Adviser and Political Reforms Commissioner to the last three successive Viceroy's during British rule in India."
tagline: "Indian civil servant (1893-1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mountbatten_with_Menon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1893-09-30"
deathDate: "1965-12-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.273224043715847
  historical:           9.588490666666669
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump