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Kocheril R. Narayanan

1921 - 2005

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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. Narayanan was born in Perumthanam, Uzhavoor village, in the princely state of Travancore (present day Kottayam district, Kerala) as a member of the Dalit community. 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 55,485 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Kocheril R. Narayanan is the 8,903rd most popular politician (down from 8,270th in 2019), the 300th most popular biography from India (down from 247th in 2019) and the 97th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kocheril R. Narayanan ranks 8,903 out of 15,577Before him are Mustafa Ben Halim, Gupta, Alexander Zakharchenko, Theodoros Pangalos, Appius Claudius Crassus, and Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon. After him are Eugen Schauman, Lorenzo Tiepolo, Gisela of Burgundy, Elbridge Gerry, Gaius Aurelius Cotta, and Chea Sim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Kocheril R. Narayanan ranks 156Before him are Jackie Stallone, Carmen Laforet, Georges Wilson, Tadeusz Różewicz, Deanna Durbin, and Mustafa Ben Halim. After him are Abe Vigoda, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Violette Szabo, Gaston Reiff, Hans Albert, and Gitta Sereny. Among people deceased in 2005, Kocheril R. Narayanan ranks 102Before him are Edward Bunker, Amrita Pritam, Henry Taube, Teresa Wright, Vasco Gonçalves, and Guillermo Cabrera Infante. After him are John Mills, Andre Gunder Frank, George P. Cosmatos, Ghena Dimitrova, Maurice Hilleman, and Sangoulé Lamizana.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kocheril R. Narayanan ranks 300 out of 1,493Before him are Mohammed Rafi (1924), Dhirubhai Ambani (1932), Irrfan Khan (1967), Matsyendranatha (901), M. N. Roy (1887), and Gupta (240). After him are M. Karunanidhi (1924), Chittaranjan Das (1869), Baba Amte (1914), Guru Hargobind (1595), Zail Singh (1916), and Nargis (1929).

Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Kocheril R. Narayanan ranks 97Before him are Skandagupta (500), Begum Hazrat Mahal (1820), Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900), Birbal (1528), Rajaram I (1670), and Gupta (240). After him are Guru Hargobind (1595), Zail Singh (1916), Govind Ballabh Pant (1887), Lakshmi Sahgal (1914), Jahanara Begum (1614), and Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930).