Prashant Bhushan
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Prashant Bhushan is an Indian public interest lawyer and prominent anti-corruption activist known for his role in major public interest litigations and his early association with the Aam Aadmi Party.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Prashant Bhushan canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4955936 — 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: Prashant Bhushan Context triple: [Aam Aadmi Party, founder, Prashant Bhushan]
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A.
Ram Jethmalani
Ram Jethmalani was a prominent Indian lawyer, politician, and former Union Law Minister known for his high-profile legal cases and outspoken public persona.
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B.
Jeetu Verma
Jeetu Verma is an Indian character actor known for supporting and villainous roles in Hindi films, including a part in the fantasy drama "The Fall" (2006).
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C.
Manik Talwani
Manik Talwani is a geophysicist known for his pioneering work in gravity and magnetic field studies of the Earth and for his influential research conducted at Columbia University's Lamont Geological Observatory.
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D.
Teesta Setalvad
Teesta Setalvad is an Indian civil rights activist and journalist known for her work on communal violence, minority rights, and legal advocacy for victims of the 2002 Gujarat riots.
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E.
Harish Salve
Harish Salve is a prominent Indian senior advocate and former Solicitor General of India, renowned for representing India in several high-profile cases before the Supreme Court and international tribunals.
- 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: Prashant Bhushan Target entity description: Prashant Bhushan is an Indian public interest lawyer and prominent anti-corruption activist known for his role in major public interest litigations and his early association with the Aam Aadmi Party.
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A.
Ram Jethmalani
Ram Jethmalani was a prominent Indian lawyer, politician, and former Union Law Minister known for his high-profile legal cases and outspoken public persona.
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B.
Jeetu Verma
Jeetu Verma is an Indian character actor known for supporting and villainous roles in Hindi films, including a part in the fantasy drama "The Fall" (2006).
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C.
Manik Talwani
Manik Talwani is a geophysicist known for his pioneering work in gravity and magnetic field studies of the Earth and for his influential research conducted at Columbia University's Lamont Geological Observatory.
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D.
Teesta Setalvad
Teesta Setalvad is an Indian civil rights activist and journalist known for her work on communal violence, minority rights, and legal advocacy for victims of the 2002 Gujarat riots.
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E.
Harish Salve
Harish Salve is a prominent Indian senior advocate and former Solicitor General of India, renowned for representing India in several high-profile cases before the Supreme Court and international tribunals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian citizen
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activist ⓘ anti-corruption activist ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ public interest lawyer ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Indian civil society
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Indian judiciary ⓘ
linked to:
judicial branch of India
|
| continentOfCitizenship | Asia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
ⓘ
Princeton University ⓘ University of Allahabad ⓘ |
| father | Shanti Bhushan ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
anti-corruption
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human rights ⓘ public interest litigation ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasProfession | advocate at Supreme Court of India ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Shanti Bhushan ⓘ |
| ideology |
anti-corruption
ⓘ
civil liberties advocacy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocating judicial reforms in India
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criticizing corruption in Indian politics ⓘ filing public interest litigations on governance issues ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ |
| legalJurisdiction | Supreme Court of India ⓘ |
| movement | anti-corruption movement in India ⓘ |
| name | Prashant Bhushan ⓘ |
| nationality | Indian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
anti-corruption activism in India
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early association with the Aam Aadmi Party ⓘ public interest litigations in the Supreme Court of India ⓘ role in India Against Corruption movement ⓘ |
| notableWork |
public interest litigation on 2G spectrum case
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public interest litigation on coal allocation (Coalgate) ⓘ public interest litigation on environmental issues ⓘ public interest litigation on judicial accountability ⓘ |
| occupation |
activist
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ public interest litigator ⓘ |
| politicalMovement |
India Against Corruption
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linked to:
India Against Corruption movement
|
| politicalPartyAffiliation | Aam Aadmi Party ⓘ |
| positionHeld | member of Aam Aadmi Party National Executive ⓘ |
| residence |
New Delhi
ⓘ
linked to:
New Delhi, India
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Prashant Bhushan Description of subject: Prashant Bhushan is an Indian public interest lawyer and prominent anti-corruption activist known for his role in major public interest litigations and his early association with the Aam Aadmi Party.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.