# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vishnu-digambar-paluskar
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:02:23.438Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vishnu-digambar-paluskar"
name: "Vishnu Digambar Paluskar"
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description: "Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar was a Hindustani musician. He sang the original version of the bhajan Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram, and founded the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya on 5 May 1901. He is also credited with arranging India's national song, Vande Mātaram, as it is heard today. His original surname was Gadgil, but as they hailed from the village Palus, they came to be known as the \"Paluskar\" family."
tagline: "Indian singer (1872-1931)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1872-08-18"
deathDate: "1931-08-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  profileCompleteness:  60
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ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump