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Kocheril R. Narayanan

1921 - 2005

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Kocheril Raman "K. R." 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kocheril R. Narayanan has received more than 56,569 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Kocheril R. Narayanan is the 9,100th most popular politician (down from 8,876th in 2019), the 315th most popular biography from India (down from 297th in 2019) and the 106th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kocheril R. Narayanan ranks 9,100 out of 19,576. Before him are Vonones II, Prince Louis Charles of Prussia, Tanzan Ishibashi, James S. Sherman, George Koval, and Gaius Lutatius Catulus. After him are Pharasmanes II of Iberia, Daniel Inouye, Donald Tsang, Archidamus V, Jordi Pujol, and Irene Komnene Doukaina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Kocheril R. Narayanan ranks 156. Before him are Georges Wilson, Abe Vigoda, Esther Williams, Raymond Williams, Amedeo Amadei, and Jackie Stallone. After him are Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Lionel Terray, Jair da Rosa Pinto, Ilse Aichinger, Heinz G. Konsalik, and Luis García Berlanga. Among people deceased in 2005, Kocheril R. Narayanan ranks 99. Before him are Philip Morrison, Ghena Dimitrova, Leo Sternbach, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, George P. Cosmatos, and Lazar Berman. After him are Sandra Dee, Ferruccio Valcareggi, Jair da Rosa Pinto, Johnny Carson, Andrea Dworkin, and Tilly Fleischer.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kocheril R. Narayanan ranks 315 out of 1,861. Before him are Chandra Shekhar (1927), Rajinikanth (1950), Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861), Vallabha (1479), Rishabhanatha (null), and Mahadev Govind Ranade (1842). After him are Nargis (1929), Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930), T. H. White (1906), Mastani (1699), Rambhadracharya (1950), and Sikandar Lodi (1450).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Kocheril R. Narayanan ranks 106. Before him are M. S. Swaminathan (1925), Nana Sahib (1824), K. Kamaraj (1903), Zail Singh (1916), Chandra Shekhar (1927), and Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861). After him are Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930), Sikandar Lodi (1450), Bahubali (null), Rajnath Singh (1951), Lakshmi Sahgal (1914), and Mulayam Singh Yadav (1939).

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