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K. R. Narayanan
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President of India from 1997 to 2002
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K. R. Narayanan was an Indian politician and diplomat who served as the President of India, Vice President of India, and a Member of the Lok Sabha. Born in Uzhavoor in 1920, he was a member of the Indian National Congress. He received his education at the University of Kerala and the London School of Economics and Political Science. Narayanan was a candidate in the 1997 Indian presidential election.
He was a Hindu who spoke Malayalam as his native language. His spouse was Usha Narayanan, and he had a child named Chitra Narayanan. Narayanan authored works including *Non-alignment in contemporary international relations*, *Images and insights*, *India and America*, *President K.R. Narayanan*, and *Uḷkkāl̲cakaḷ*.
Narayanan died of pneumonia in New Delhi on November 9, 2005. His citizenship included the British Raj, India, and the Dominion of India.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Uzhavoor
- Place of death
- New Delhi
- Spouse
- Usha Narayanan
- Child
- Chitra Narayanan
- Occupation
- diplomat
- Political party
- Indian National Congress
- Languages spoken
- Malayalam
- Native language
- Malayalam
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Image
- President Clinton with Indian president K. R. Narayanan (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Kocheril Raman Narayanan
- date of birth
- 1920-10-27
- date of death
- 2005-11-09
- name in native language
- കോച്ചേരില് രാമന് നാരായണന
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- different from
- R. K. Narayan
- candidacy in election
- 1997 Indian presidential election
- P10632
- K. R. Narayanan
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Kocheril Raman Narayanan (27 October 1920 – 9 November 2005) was an Indian diplomat, academician, and statesman who served as the president of India from 1997 to 2002 and vice president of India from 1992 to 1997.
Narayanan was born in Perumthanam, Uzhavoor village, in the princely state of Travancore (present day Kottayam district, Kerala) into a Hindu family. After a brief stint with journalism and then studies at the London School of Economics with the assistance of a scholarship, Narayanan began his career in India as a member of the Indian Foreign Service in the Nehru administration. He served as ambassador to a number of countries, most principally to the United States and China, and was referred by Nehru as "the best diplomat of the country". He entered politics at Indira Gandhi's request and won three successive general elections to the Lok Sabha and served as a Minister of State in prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's cabinet. Elected as vice president in 1992, Narayanan went on to become president in 1997 and became the first Dalit to occupy either position.
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