2005-11-10 04:00:00 PDT New Delhi-- Kocheril Raman Narayanan, India's first Dalit, or "untouchable," president, died in a military hospital here Wednesday evening, a Defense Ministry spokesman said.

DESPITE the fact that India is stratified by age-old hierarchies, in no other poor country has democracy struck such deep roots so quickly. The life of K.R. Narayanan suggests an answer to the puzzle.

(MENAFN- IANS) Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 23 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday unveiled a bust of former President K.R. Narayanan at Raj Bhavan in Kerala, and described him as a source of ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: President of India Droupadi Murmu unveiled the bust of former President K R Narayanan at Raj Bhavan here on Thursday, in the presence of former President Ram Nath Kovind, Chief ...

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India] October 23 (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu unveiled a bust of former President of India, late K R Narayanan, and paid floral tributes at Kerala Raj Bhavan on ...

Sculptor Sijo Idukki was entrusted with the construction under the supervision of former Fine Arts College principal K Narayanan Kutty. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: President Droupadi Murmu will unveil the ...

Former President K.R. Narayanan, the first “untouchable” from India’s pernicious caste system to occupy the office, died Wednesday. He was 85. The soft-spoken, scholarly Narayanan was admitted to an ...

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday paid tribute to former President K R Narayanan on his birth anniversary, hailing him as a "visionary statesman" who rose from humble beginnings to break ...

The unveiling of the statue of former President of India, K R Narayanan, at Kerala Raj Bhavan is not merely a ceremonial occasion—it is a moment of reflection and gratitude to a statesman whose life ...

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 first ...

President Droupadi Murmu unveiled the bust of former President K.R. Narayanan at Kerala Raj Bhavan on Thursday (October 23, 2025). Speaking on the occasion, the President described K.R. Narayanan’s ...