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- Kocheril Raman Narayanan listen ⓘ (27 October 1920 – 9 November 2005) was an Indian statesman, diplomat, academic, and politician who served as the ninth vice president of India from 1992 to 1997 and tenth president of India from 1997 to 2002.
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Kocheril Raman Narayanan listen ⓘ (27 October 1920 – 9 November 2005) [1] [2] was an Indian statesman, diplomat, academic, and politician who served as the ninth vice president of India from 1992 to 1997 and tenth president of India from 1997 to 2002.
Kocheril Raman Narayanan (born October 27, 1920, Uzhavoor, India—died November 9, 2005, New Delhi) was an Indian politician and diplomat, who was the president of India from 1997 to 2002. He was the first Dalit, a member of the country’s lowest social castes, to occupy the office.
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Jul 25, 1997 · Kocheril Raman Narayanan was the tenth President of India, holding office from July 25, 1997, to July 25, 2002. Born on October 27, 1920, in the village of Uzhavoor in Kerala, Narayanan's journey from humble beginnings to the highest office in the land remains a symbol of the democratic spirit of India.
Jul 25, 1997 · Kocheril Raman Narayanan (27 October 1920 – 9 November 2005) was an Indian statesman, diplomat, academic, and politician who served as the ninth vice president of India from 1992 to 1997 and tenth president of India from 1997 to 2002 .
- K.R. Narayanan: Career
- K. R. Narayanan: Political Career
- K.R. Narayanan: Personal Life
He moved to Delhi and worked with The Hindu and The Times of India for a brief period as a journalist. During this time, he interviewed the Father of the Nation, Mahatama Gandhi. In 1944, J.R.D. Tata awarded him a scholarship of Rs. 16,000 to study economics, politics and journalism at the London School of Economics. He obtained B.Sc. (Hons.) in Ec...
Upon the request of Indira Gandhi, Narayanan entered politics and won three successive Lok Sabha Elections in 1984, 1989 and 1991 from Ottapalam Constituency on a Congress ticket. Under the Rajiv Gandhi administration, he held several important portfolios such as Minister of State in the Union Cabinet, Minister of Planning, Minister of External Aff...
When he was working in Rangoon, Burma, he met Ma Tint Tint and on June 8, 1951, the couple married in Delhi. As per the Indian law, their marriage needed special dispensation from Nehru (Narayanan was in the IFS and Ma was a foreigner). Ma Tint Tint became an Indian citizen and changed her name to Usha Narayanan. The couple gave birth to two daught...
Nov 21, 2005 · Kocheril Raman Narayanan, who passed away on November 9, leaves behind a legacy that is immeasurable. A man who hailed from a poor Dalit family made it to the highest office in the land and became a respected international figure. It is an inspirational story with few parallels.
Nov 10, 2005 · K.R. Narayanan, a former president of India who brought a deeper meaning to the largely ceremonial position when he rose from the bottom of the country’s ancient caste system to become the...
