All the countrymen today whether they are from minorities, scheduled castes [Dalits], or scheduled tribes [Adivasis] -- are working unitedly for the development of the country.In these addresses, he articulated opinions which departed in many ways from certain views of the President Narayanan introduced the important practice of explaining to the nation (by means of Rashtrapati Bhavan communiqués) the thinking that led to the various decisions he took while exercising his discretionary powers; this has led to openness and transparency in the functioning of the President. November 2005 in Neu-Delhi) war ein indischer Politiker und von 1997 bis 2002 Präsident der Republik Indien His rise to the presidency was all the more remarkable as he came from a Dalit - untouchable - family. Later that year Narayanan travelled to Britain, where he studied under Harold Laski at the London School of Economics. It is a matter of further happiness that the President has a very high place among the intellectuals of this country. It was Nehru's daughter, prime minister Indira Gandhi, who brought the nominally-retired KR Narayanan into the political sphere. Power and the helplessness surrounding it are a peculiar tragedy, in fact.After his retirement as President, K. R. Narayanan, along with his wife Usha, lived his remaining years in a central Delhi bungalow (on 34 K. R. Narayanan died on 9 November 2005 aged 85 at the Army Research and Referral Hospital, New Delhi, after being briefly ill with Four siblings, K. R. Gowri, K. R. Bhargavi, K. R. Bharathi, and K. R. Bhaskaran, survived him; two elder brothers had died when Narayanan was in his twenties. He was sworn in as the President of India (25 July 1997) by Chief Justice That the nation has found a consensus for its highest office in some one who has sprung from the grass-roots of our society and grown up in the dust and heat of this sacred land is symbolic of the fact that the concerns of the common man have now moved to the centre stage of our social and political life. When Narayanan returned to India in 1948, Laski gave him a letter of introduction to Prime minister When I finished with LSE, Laski, of his own, gave me a letter of introduction for Panditji. Narayanan as President spoke from his heart on social issues and improvised and innovated without turning activist in office. For the next 30 years he worked as a diplomat in embassies from Tokyo to London and capped his career with postings as Indian ambassador to Thailand, Turkey and the People's Republic of China. SEE ALSO: This is a feather in the cap of our democracy that the backward sections of the society today are attaining their rightful place in society. KR Narayanan married a Burmese woman, Ma Trint Trint, in 1951. K. R. Narayanan (1920-2005) 9th Vice President and the 10th President of India – K. R. Narayanan was born in Uzhavoor (Village in Kottayam District, Kerala, India) on October 27th, 1920 and died in New Delhi (capital city of India) on November 9th, 2005 at the age of 85. The fund provides help to women, children, disabled persons and other disadvantaged groups. Today K. R. Narayanan … A bookish and thoughtful figure, KR Narayanan was as much an academic and diplomat as he was a national figurehead. Villagers of Uzhavoor marched silently to the I see and understand both the symbolic as well as the substantive elements of my life. Sometimes I visualise it as a journey of an individual from a remote village on the sidelines of society to the hub of social standing. K. R. Narayanan (Kocheril Raman Narayanan; Malayalam കെ.ആർ. This is our great fortune that today on the eve of golden jubilee of independence, we have been able to fulfil this dream of Gandhiji. Opposition parties (including the Congress, the Left Front, Reflecting on his Presidency, K. R. Narayanan said:As the President of India, I had lots of experiences that were full of pain and helplessness. Narayanan was born and brought up in a very poor family. After a few more questions, he asked me to see him again and very soon I found myself entering the Indian Foreign Service.During his diplomatic career, Narayanan also taught at the He is the first dalit president of India and the first Malayali person to receive the highest office of the country. 09 Nov 05 | I requested him to send the army to Gujarat and suppress the riots. His rise to the presidency was all the more remarkable as he came from a Dalit - untouchable - family. At his inauguration, he spoke of his own humble origins, saying that "the concerns of the common man have now moved to the centre stage of our social and political life". We talked for a few minutes about London and things like that and I could soon see that it was time for me to leave. I have agonised because of the limitations of power. I gave several letters to Prime Minister Vajpayee in this regard on this issue. His elder sister Gowri (a homoeopath, who remained unmarried) and his younger brother Bhaskaran (a teacher, also unmarried) had been living in Uzhavoor.
KR Narayanan, who has died aged 85, was India's 10th president, and the first "untouchable", to hold high political office in the country. Narayanan died on November 9, 2005, after being ill with pneumonia, which complicated with renal failure. When I was half way round, I heard the sound of someone clapping from the direction I had just come. 16,000 by [and KRN replied:] "Well, sir, I am sorry. The Dalits, who comprise nearly one-quarter of the Indian population, are often looked down upon and are generally the poorest and least-educated people in the country. Daughters Chitra and Amrita Narayanan, in a statement to The Indian Express, said: “K R Narayanan was a Hindu and respected equally all religions”. RELATED INTERNET LINKS: The NDA had a slender majority in the electoral college.