Ramkinkar Baij
E221786
Ramkinkar Baij was a pioneering Indian modernist sculptor and painter, celebrated for his monumental public sculptures and his influential role in shaping modern Indian art.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ramkinkar Baij canonical | 5 |
| Ramkinkar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1962987 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ramkinkar Baij Context triple: [Visva-Bharati University, hasNotableAlumnus, Ramkinkar Baij]
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A.
Nandalal Bose
Nandalal Bose was a pioneering Indian modernist painter and key figure of the Bengal School of Art, renowned for his contributions to nationalist art and for illustrating the original manuscript of the Indian Constitution.
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B.
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar was an Indian independence activist and parliamentarian who became the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha in independent India.
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C.
Manilal
Manilal was an Indian activist and the second son of Mahatma Gandhi, known for his work in South Africa and his role in promoting his father's principles.
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D.
Tarak Nath Das
Tarak Nath Das was an Indian revolutionary and intellectual who campaigned for India’s independence abroad and was associated with early nationalist and anti-colonial movements such as the Ghadar Party.
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E.
Manmath Nath Gupta
Manmath Nath Gupta was an Indian revolutionary and writer who participated in the armed struggle against British colonial rule as a prominent member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ramkinkar Baij Target entity description: Ramkinkar Baij was a pioneering Indian modernist sculptor and painter, celebrated for his monumental public sculptures and his influential role in shaping modern Indian art.
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A.
Nandalal Bose
Nandalal Bose was a pioneering Indian modernist painter and key figure of the Bengal School of Art, renowned for his contributions to nationalist art and for illustrating the original manuscript of the Indian Constitution.
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B.
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar was an Indian independence activist and parliamentarian who became the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha in independent India.
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C.
Manilal
Manilal was an Indian activist and the second son of Mahatma Gandhi, known for his work in South Africa and his role in promoting his father's principles.
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D.
Tarak Nath Das
Tarak Nath Das was an Indian revolutionary and intellectual who campaigned for India’s independence abroad and was associated with early nationalist and anti-colonial movements such as the Ghadar Party.
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E.
Manmath Nath Gupta
Manmath Nath Gupta was an Indian revolutionary and writer who participated in the armed struggle against British colonial rule as a prominent member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian painter
ⓘ
Indian sculptor ⓘ modernist artist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| artisticStyle | expressionist ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Rabindranath Tagore
ⓘ
Visva-Bharati University ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship
ⓘ
Padma Bhushan ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | India ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | India ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1906-05-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1980-08-02 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Kala Bhavana
ⓘ
Visva-Bharati University ⓘ |
| employer | Kala Bhavana ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupDepicted |
Santhal
ⓘ
surface form:
Santhal community
|
| familyName | Baij ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
painting
ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ |
| fullName | Ramkinkar Baij self-link ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | public sculpture ⓘ |
| givenName |
Ramkinkar Baij
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Ramkinkar
|
| honorificTitle | pioneer of modern Indian sculpture ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern Indian sculptors
ⓘ
students of Kala Bhavana ⓘ |
| movement | modernism ⓘ |
| nationality | Indian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contribution to modern Indian art
ⓘ
monumental public sculptures ⓘ pioneering modern Indian sculpture ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Mill Call
ⓘ
Santal people ⓘ
surface form:
Santhal Family
Yaksha ⓘ Yaksha ⓘ
surface form:
Yakshi
|
| placeOfBirth |
Bankura district
ⓘ
West Bengal ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Calcutta
ⓘ
surface form:
Kolkata
West Bengal ⓘ |
| residence | Santiniketan ⓘ |
| usedMaterial |
bronze
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cement ⓘ concrete ⓘ laterite ⓘ |
| workFocus | rural life in Bengal ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Santiniketan
ⓘ
West Bengal ⓘ |
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Subject: Ramkinkar Baij Description of subject: Ramkinkar Baij was a pioneering Indian modernist sculptor and painter, celebrated for his monumental public sculptures and his influential role in shaping modern Indian art.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ramkinkar