K. R. Narayanan
K. R. Narayanan | |
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Indian Ambassador to China | |
In office 7 July 1976 – 11 November 1978 | |
Succeeded by | Ram Sathe |
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Born | |
Died | 9 November 2005 New Delhi, Delhi, India | (aged 85)
Spouse | |
Children | 2 (including Chitra Narayanan) |
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Kocheril Raman Narayanan
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. 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".[3] 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.
Narayanan is regarded as an independent and assertive president who set several precedents and enlarged the scope of India's highest constitutional office. He described himself as a "working president" who worked "within the four corners of the Constitution"; something midway between an "executive president" who has direct power and a "rubber-stamp president" who endorses government decisions without question or deliberation.
Early life
K. R. Narayanan was born at Perumthanam, Uzhavoor, as the fourth of seven children of Kocheril Raman Vaidyar, a practitioner of the traditional Indian medical system of
Narayanan had his early
Narayanan obtained his
In 1944, Narayanan was awarded a Tata Scholarship of Rs. 16,000 by
Diplomat and academician
When Narayanan returned to India in 1948, Laski gave him a letter of introduction to Prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Years later, he narrated[17] how he began his career in the public service:
When I finished with LSE, Laski, of his own, gave me a letter of introduction for Panditji. On reaching Delhi I sought an appointment with the PM. I suppose, because I was an Indian student returning home from London, I was given a time-slot. It was here in Parliament House that he met me. 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. So I said goodbye and as I left the room I handed over the letter from Laski, and stepped out into the great circular corridor outside. When I was half way round, I heard the sound of someone clapping from the direction I had just come. I turned to see Panditji [Nehru] beckoning me to come back. He had opened the letter as I left his room and read it. [Nehru asked:] "Why didn't you give this to me earlier?" [and KRN replied:] "Well, sir, I am sorry. I thought it would be enough if I just handed it over while leaving." After a few more questions, he asked me to see him again and very soon I found myself entering the Indian Foreign Service.
In 1949, he joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) on Nehru's request,[18] and was appointed an attache' in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on 18 April of that year.[19] He worked as a diplomat in the embassies at Rangoon, Tokyo, London, Canberra, and Hanoi. Narayanan's diplomatic career proceeded as follows:
- Second Secretary, Indian Liaison Mission in Tokyo (appointed 19 August 1951)[20]
- Appointment in the IFS confirmed (29 July 1953)[21]
- First Secretary, High Commission of India to the United Kingdom (relinquished 17 December 1957)[22]
- Deputy Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs (relinquished 11 July 1960)[23]
- First Secretary, High Commission of India to Australia, including period as Acting High Commissioner of India, Canberra (relinquished 27 September 1961)[24]
- Consul-General of India (Hanoi), North Vietnam[25]
- Ambassador to Thailand (1967–69)[26]
- Ambassador to Turkey (1973–75)[27]
- Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs (relinquished 1 May 1976)[28]
- Ambassador to the People's Republic of China (appointed 1 May 1976)[28][29]
During his diplomatic career, Narayanan also taught at the Delhi School of Economics (DSE) (1954), and was Jawaharlal Nehru fellow (1970–72). He retired from the IFS in 1978.[30]
After his retirement, Narayanan served as the
Family
While working in
Political initiation
Narayanan entered politics at the request of
Vice Presidency (1992–1997)
K. R. Narayanan was elected as the
He was the first president to vote in the Lok sabha elections and addressed the state assembly.
Presidency (1997–2002)
K. R. Narayanan was elected to the presidency of India[44] (17 July 1997) with 95% of the votes in the electoral college, as a result of the presidential poll on 14 July. This is the only presidential election to have been held with a minority government holding power at the centre. T. N. Seshan was the sole opposing candidate, and all major parties save the Shiv Sena supported his candidature.,[45] while Seshan alleged that Narayanan had been elected solely for being a Dalit.
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. It is this larger significance of my election rather than any personal sense of honour that makes me rejoice on this occasion.
- Golden Jubilee of independence
The principal event of the Golden Jubilee of Indian independence was President K. R. Narayanan's midnight address to the nation[47] during the special session of Parliament convened on the night of 14 August; in this address, he identified the establishment of a democratic system of government and politics to be the greatest achievement of India since independence. The following morning, Prime Minister I. K. Gujral, addressing the nation[48] from the ramparts of the Red Fort, said:
When Gandhiji dreamt of India's future, he had said that the country will attain the real freedom only on the day when a Dalit would become the President of this country. 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. In the person of Shri K. R. Narayanan we have been able to fulfil the dream of Gandhiji. Our President of whom the whole country is proud of, is from a very poor and downtrodden family and today he has endowed the Rashtrapati Bhavan with a new pride and respect. It is a matter of further happiness that the President has a very high place among the intellectuals of this country. 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. 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.
- Participation in the elections
In the
- Golden jubilee of the Republic
President K. R. Narayanan's address to the nation[51] on the golden jubilee of the Indian Republic (26 January 2000) is considered a landmark:[52] it was the first time[53] a president attempted to analyse, with due concern for growing disparities, the several ways in which the country had failed[54] to provide economic justice to the Indian people, particularly the rural and agrarian population; he also stated that discontent was breeding and frustrations erupting in violence among the deprived sections of society. In his address to Parliament[55] later that day, he praised the work of B. R. Ambedkar on the Indian constitution and cautioned against attempts to change its basic structure, concurring with Ambedkar's preference for accountability and responsibility over the stability of the government. He reiterated this in stronger terms in his next Republic day address (2001);[56] on this occasion, he took exception to certain proposals seeking to abridge the franchise, and pointed out the wisdom of reposing faith in the common men and women of India as a whole, rather than in some elite section of society.
In these addresses, he articulated opinions which departed in many ways from certain views of the A. B. Vajpayee government.[50][57]
Exercise of presidential discretion
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.
- Appointment of the Prime minister and dissolution of Parliament
During his presidency, Narayanan dissolved the
One of the coalition partners supporting the minority government (the
In these decisions, President Narayanan set a new precedent concerning the appointment of a prime minister – if no party or pre-election coalition had a majority, then a person would be appointed prime minister only if he was able to convince the president (through letters of support from allied parties) of his ability to secure the confidence of the house. In doing so, he diverged from the actions of his predecessors who had been faced with the task of appointing a prime minister from a
- Imposition of President's rule
President Narayanan returned for reconsideration the advices from the Union cabinet to impose
- Kargil conflict
A military conflict was developed in Kargil on the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan in May 1999. The Vajpayee government had lost a no-confidence vote in Lok Sabha earlier that year and the opposition failed to form the next government. The Lok Sabha had been dissolved and a caretaker government was in office. This caused a problem with democratic accountability, as every major government decision is expected to be discussed, deliberated and consented by the parliament. Narayanan suggested to Vajpayee that the Rajya Sabha be convened to discuss the conflict, as demanded by several opposition parties (citing the precedent of Nehru convening a parliamentary session on Vajpayee's demand during the Sino-Indian war in 1962 ) though there was no precedent of convening the Rajya Sabha in isolation during an interregnum.[65] Further, Narayanan was briefed by the chiefs of the three arms of the Indian Armed Forces on the conduct of the conflict. His Republic day address next year[51] began by paying homage to the soldiers who had died defending the nation.
Concern for social and economic justice
President Narayanan in his speeches consistently sought to remind the nation of its duties and obligations towards the Dalits and
President Narayanan spoke on various occasions on the condition of the Dalits, Adivasis, and other oppressed sections of society, and the various iniquities they faced (often in defiance of law), such as denial of civic amenities, ostracism, harassment and violence (particularly against women), and displacement by ill-conceived development projects.[51][56][67]
He felt that the policy of reservations for the backward sections in education and the public sector had remained unfulfilled due to administrative distortions and narrow interpretations, and needed to be implemented with renewed vigour and sincerity; apprehensive of what he described as a counter-revolution among some privileged sections seeking to reverse progressive policies, he reminded the nation that these benefits were not charity, but had been provided by way of human rights and social justice to sections constituting a large portion of the population and contributing to the economy as landless agricultural labourers and industrial workers.
He felt that Ambedkar's exhortation to "educate, organise, agitate" continued to be relevant; with the Dalits forming a quarter of the population in a democracy with universal adult franchise, he felt that the ultimate destiny of the backward sections lay in the hands of the backward sections themselves, organised socially and politically.[67]
When the Australian missionary and social worker Graham Staines and his two minor sons were burned alive (22 January 1999), President Narayanan condemned it as a barbarous crime belonging to the world's inventory of black deeds.[72]
Towards the end of his presidency,
There was governmental and administrative support for the communal riots in Gujarat. I gave several letters to Prime Minister Vajpayee in this regard on this issue. I met him personally and talked to him directly. But Vajpayee did not do anything effective.
I requested him to send the army to Gujarat and suppress the riots. The military was sent, but they were not given powers to shoot. If the military was given powers to shoot at the perpetrators of violence, recurrence of tragedies in Gujarat could have been avoided.
However, both the state (the Narendra Modi government) and central government did not do so. I feel there was a conspiracy involving the state and central governments behind the Gujarat riots.
He also stated that constitutional limits on his powers had prevented him from doing anything further.[76] Throughout his presidency, Narayanan adopted the policy of not visiting places of worship or
Demission of office
As Narayanan's tenure neared its end, various sections of public opinion looked forward to a second term of his presidency. The NDA had a slender majority in the electoral college. Narayanan offered to be a consensus candidate. Opposition parties (including the Congress, the Left Front,
When asked about these events later,[31] Narayanan accused the BJP of scuttling a second term of his presidency.
In his farewell address to the nation[79] (24 July 2002), K. R. Narayanan set his hopes for social action and progress on the service of the nation by its youth. He reflected on his varied experiences of the essential goodness and wisdom of the Indian people, recalling how he had grown up in Uzhavoor among adherents of several religions, how religious tolerance and harmony had prevailed, how upper-caste Hindus and well-off Christians had helped him in his early studies, and how upper-caste Hindus as well as Christians and Muslims had worked together enthusiastically for his election campaigns in Ottapalam. He said that the credibility and endurance of India's unity and democracy are founded on its tradition of tolerance, and spoke of the need for Hindus, who form the majority, to express the traditional spirit of their religion.
Reflecting on his presidency, K. R. Narayanan said:[31]
As the President of India, I had lots of experiences that were full of pain and helplessness. There were occasions when I could do nothing for people and for the nation. These experiences have pained me a lot. They have depressed me a lot. I have agonised because of the limitations of power. Power and the helplessness surrounding it are a peculiar tragedy, in fact.
Subsequent life
After his retirement as president, K. R. Narayanan, along with his wife Usha, lived his remaining years in a central Delhi bungalow (on 34 Prithviraj Road).
At the
K. R. Narayanan dedicated (15 February 2005) his tharavaadu at Uzhavoor to the
K. R. Narayanan died on 9 November 2005 aged 85 at the Army Research and Referral Hospital, New Delhi, after being briefly ill with pneumonia and consequent renal failure. He was cremated with full state honors at sunset the following day, according to Hindu rites, which took place in Karma Bhumi near Rajghat, New Delhi. Every year on his death anniversary respects are paid at this Samadhi. The last rites were performed by his nephew P. V. Ramachandran, at Ekta sthal on the banks of the River Yamuna (adjacent to Shanti van, the memorial of his mentor Jawaharlal Nehru). Part of the urns containing the ashes were by taken by train to Haridwar where they were immersed in the Ganga by the eldest daughter in the presence of the Hindu pandit who performed the ceremony according to Hindu rites. The second part of the urns were accompanied by the younger daughter and taken to Kerala where the State Government arranged the procession to the Bharthapuzha river, a sacred river of Kerala.
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. His elder sister Gowri (a homoeopath, who remained unmarried) and his younger brother Bhaskaran (a teacher, also unmarried) had been living in Uzhavoor. Villagers of Uzhavoor marched silently to the tharavaadu of K. R. Narayanan and paid him reverent homage.
- From the sidelines of society
About his life and its message,[81] K. R. Narayanan said:
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. But at the same time I also realise that my life encapsulates the ability of the democratic system to accommodate and empower marginalised sections of society.
Awards
Narayanan received honorary degrees from several universities, including the University of Toledo and National University of San Marcos.
The K. R. Narayanan Foundation
The K. R. Narayanan Foundation (K.R.N.F) founded in December 2005, aims at propagating the ideals and perpetuating the memory of K. R. Narayanan. K.R.N.F is a mission of collective action to provide better future to the most vulnerable sections of Kerala Society – women, children, disabled persons, the aged and other disadvantaged groups – by providing educational training, protecting their health and environment, improving their living conditions and strengthening their family and community. The paradigms of K.R.N.F revolves around five crucial elements:[82]
- research and development on science and technology for the dissemination of eco-friendly rural technology to the poor
- human resource development
- attitudinal change and self-management
- economic empowerment to the poor.
The Foundation is to identify and honour the best in areas of national importance like Integrity in Public Life, Journalism, Civil Service, Medical Science, Social Service, Literature, Sports, Entertainment, Politics etc.
K.R.N.F is also producing a documentary (both in Malayalam and English) on the life of K. R. Narayanan, entitled The Footprints Of Survival, aimed at propagating the ideals and perpetuating the memory of K.R.Narayanan. This documentary will be directed by Mr. Sunny Joseph, a senior journalist. The script will be based on a biography of the late president written by Eby J. Jose, who is also the General Secretary of the K.R.N.F. The Foundation has planned to distribute DVD copies of the creative work to all schools, colleges and public libraries.[83]
The Foundation General Secretary Eby J. Jose has written a biography of the late president titled K. R. Narayanan Bharathathinte Suryathejassu. It is written in Malayalam, the mother tongue of K. R. Narayanan. This book traces the not-so-rosy life of the first Dalit president of India.[84][85]
In popular culture
The Films Division of India produced a feature length documentary film, titled K. R. Narayanan, directed by Suresh Menon it narrates the life of India's first Dalit president.[86]
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Further reading
- Books by K. R. Narayanan
- Nehru and his vision, D. C. Books, Kottayam, 1999. ISBN 8126400390
- India and America: essays in understanding, Second edition, Asia book corporation of America, 1998. ISBN 999764137X
- Images and insights, D. C. Books, Kottayam.
- Non-alignment in contemporary international relations (Joint authorship)
- Speeches and writings by K. R. Narayanan
- Nehru Memorial Lecture: "Nehru's vision of India and the world-- then and now"; 13 November 1997. Archived Jun. 2000.
- Message on the death of E. M. S. Namboodiripad; 19 March 1998. Archived May 1999.
- Message to Nelson Mandela on his 80th birthday; 17 July 1998. Archived Sep. 2000. (Message on his political retirement. Archived Jan. 2001.)
- Speech Archived 19 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine while dedicating the J. R. D. Tata ecotechnology centre; 29 July 1998. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Speech Archived 19 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine while unveiling the statue of Vallabhbhai Patel; 14 August 1998. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Letter to Amartya Sen on his being awarded the Nobel prize for Economics; 14 October 1998. Archived Oct. 1999.
- Message on the birth centenary of K. P. S. Menon; 18 October 1998. Archived Oct. 1999.
- Speech Archived 19 April 2012 at the Buddha Mahotsav at Sarnath; 5 November 1998. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Speech Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine while inaugurating the first International congress on agronomy, environment, and food security for the 21st century; 23 November 1998. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Message on the death of P. N. Haksar; 28 November 1998. Archived Oct. 1999. (Commemorative speech. Retrieved 24 February 2006.)
- Speech Archived 19 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine on Judicial reforms; 5 December 1998. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Speech Archived 19 April 2012 at the Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa; 5 June 1999. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Speech Archived 19 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine at the All India Urdu editors conference; 29 July 1999. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Speech Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine while accepting credentials from the Vatican Nuncio to India; 30 August 1999. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Speech Archived 19 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine on the golden jubilee of Hindi as the official language of India; 14 September 1999. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Message to Jiang Zemin on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the People's Republic of China; 30 September 1999. Archived Aug. 2000.
- Speech Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine while unveiling the bust of Rajendra Prasad; 3 December 1999. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Message on the death of Shankar Dayal Sharma; 26 December 1999. Archived Apr. 2001.
- Banquet speech Archived 30 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine on the visit of Bill Clinton; 21 March 2000. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Address Archived 30 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine at Peking University; 30 May 2000. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Tribute to Pierre Trudeau; 28 September 2000. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Banquet speech Archived 19 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine on the visit of Vladimir Putin; 3 October 2000. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Commentary by journalists
- Praveen Swami: "Protecting secularism and federal fair play"[usurped], Frontline 14 (22), 1–14 November 1997. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- A. G. Noorani: "The BJP and the Bommai case"[usurped], Frontline 14 (24), 29 November-12 Dec 1997. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Siriyavan Anand: "Untouchability is no 'internal matter' " Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- V. Venkatesan: "Judiciary and social justice"[usurped], Frontline 17 (21), 14–27 October 2000. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
External links
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- Presidential addresses and other documents
- Inaugural address; 25 July 1997. Archived Aug. 1997.
- Address on the golden jubilee of Indian independence; 15 August 1997. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Rashtrapati Bhavan communique concerning the dissolution of the eleventh Lok Sabha; 4 December 1997. Archived Jan. 1998.
- Address on Republic day; 26 January 1998. Archived June 2000.
- Rashtrapati Bhavan communique concerning the appointment of the Prime minister; 15 March 1998. Archived Feb. 1999.
- Interview on Independence day; 15 August 1998; by N. Ram, Editor, Frontline ["K. R. Narayanan in conversation with N. Ram", The Hindu, 10 November 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2006].
- Commentary: Praveen Swami: "A citizen and a President", Frontline 15 (18), 29 August – 11 September 1998. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Address on Republic day; 26 January 1999. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Rashtrapati Bhavan communique concerning the dissolution of the twelfth Lok Sabha; 26 April 1999. Archived February 2001.
- Address on the golden jubilee of the Indian Republic Archived 24 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine; 26 January 2000. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Commentary: P. Sainath: "Iron in the soul, decay in the brain", Frontline 17 (3), 5–18 February 2000. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Commentary: V. Venkatesan: "A wake-up call", Frontline 17 (3), 5–18 February 2000. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Commentary:
- Address in Parliament, and in the Supreme court, on the golden jubilee of the Republic; 26 January 2000. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Commentary: Sukumar Muralidharan, V. Venkatesan: "A presidential intervention", Frontline 17 (3), 5–18 February 2000. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Address on Republic day; 26 January 2001. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Commentary: Sukumar Muralidharan: "A presidential intervention", Frontline 18 (3), 3–16 February 2001. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Address on Republic day; 26 January 2002. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Bhopal declaration. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Commentary: V. Venkatesan: "A presidential message", Frontline 19 (3), 2–15 February 2001. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Farewell address in Parliament; 22 July 2002. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Farewell address to the nation Archived 30 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine; 24 July 2002. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Interview of February 2005 in which K. R. Narayanan accused the A. B. Vajpayee Government of complicity in the 2002 Gujarat riots; by P. T. Thomas, Congress legislator from Thodupuzha in the Kerala Legislative Assembly, and Editor, Maanavasamskruthi. ["Interview with K. R. Narayanan", Maanavasamskruthi 1 (8), February 2005, in Malayalam. English translation of part of the interview, at CHRO web page: Part I Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine; Part II Archived 12 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Additional translation of question on his relationship with the Left front in "Narayanan criticises Vajpayee for Gujarat riots"[usurped], The Hindu, 10 November 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2006.]
- Miscellaneous speeches and writings
- K. R. Narayanan's interview with M. K. Gandhi, 10 April 1945; given in full in H. Y. Sharada Prasad: "How an interview with Gandhi was spiked", The Asian Age, n.d. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Speech Archived 30 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine while inaugurating the new complex of the Kerala Legislature; 22 May 1998. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Message on the first World convention of the Dalit international organisation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 11 October 1998. Archived June 2006.
- Letter on the murder of Graham Staines and his two minor sons; 24 January 1999. Archived Oct. 1999.
- Speech on Human rights day; 10 December 2001. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- President stays away from Holi celebrations; 28 March 2002. Archived Aug. 2002.
- Press release on the President meeting with victims of Gujarat violence; 27 April 2002. Archived Aug. 2002.
- Message to the nation on Gujarat violence; 29 April 2002. Archived Aug. 2002.
- "India empowered", Indian Express, 26 October 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Other links concerning his life
- St. Mary's High School, Kuravilangad. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- C. M. S. College, Kottayam Archived 17 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- University College, Trivandrum. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- J. N. Tata Scholarship Archived 30 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- London School of Economics; K. R. Narayanan's portrait unveiled at LSE Archived 3 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Interview with K. R. Gowri and K. R. Bhaskaran, K. R. Narayanan's siblings in Uzhavoor, after the announcement of his candidature for the Presidency, Rediff, 1997. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Results of Presidential poll; 17 July 1997. Archived Aug. 1997.
- Assumption of office as President, 25 July 1997; India News, 1–15 August 1997. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Prime minister I. K. Gujral's address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red fort on the golden jubilee of Indian independence Archived 16 October 2005 at the Wayback Machine; 15 August 1997. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Biography at Rashtrapati Bhavan during President K. R. Narayanan's term in office; Biography of First Lady Usha Narayanan. Archived February 2002.
- Navajyothisree Karunakara Guru research centre for Siddha and Ayurveda. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Prime minister Manmohan Singh's speech on the dedication of K. R. Narayanan's tharavaadu for establishing a research centre in Indian medicine; 15 February 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Mari Marcel Thekaekara: "A President to be proud of"[usurped], The Hindu, 22 April 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Commentary: Mari Marcel Thekaekara: "Insight into the person"[usurped], The Hindu, 11 November 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Commentary by journalists
- Amberish K. Diwanji: "The importance of a Dalit President", Rediff, Jul. 1997. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Praveen Swami: "From demon to god", Frontline 14 (22), 1–14 November 1997. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Cites the report: "Dalit Hindu or Christian?", Rediff, 1997. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Ajay Singh: "MAN OF HIS TIME",Asiaweek,14 November 1997. Retrieved 18 March 2006.
- Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Praveen Swami: "A crisis defused", Frontline 14 (22), 1–14 November 1997. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Sukumar Muralidharan: "A role for the President", Frontline 15 (5), 7–20 March 1998. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Praveen Swami, Sudha Mahalingam: "The BJP's Bihar fiasco", Frontline 15 (21), 10–23 October 1998. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Sukumar Muralidharan: "Wanted intervention, phoney controversy"[usurped], Frontline 16 (3), 30 January – 12 February 1999. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- V. K. Madhavan Kutty: "Behind the leak", Frontline 16 (3), 30 January – 12 February 1999. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- V. Venkatesan: "Political echoes"[usurped], Frontline 16 (15), 17–30 July 1999. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Praveen Swami: "A new chief for the Army"[usurped], Frontline 20 (2), 18–31 January 2003. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Purnima S. Tripathi, Sukumar Muralidharan: "Elusive consensus"[usurped], Frontline 19 (12), 8–21 June 2002. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- V. Venkatesan: "The political dynamics"[usurped], Frontline 19 (13), 22 June-5 July 2002. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- A. G. Noorani: "The Indian Presidency", Frontline 19 (13), 22 June −5 July 2002. Retrieved 24 February 2006
- Sukumar Muralidharan: "Distinction and dignity: an assessment of K. R. Narayanan's eventful Presidential tenure", Frontline 19 (16), 3–16 August 2002. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- A. G. Noorani: "The legacy of a President", Rediff, 23 July 2002. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Siriyavan Anand: "Caste, religion, and the Indian Presidency" Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Himal, July 2002. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Obituaries and reminiscences
- Editorial of The Hindu: "A salute to Citizen Narayanan"[usurped], The Hindu, 10 November 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Gopalkrishna Gandhi: "KRN at the high table"[usurped], The Hindu, 12 November 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Gopalkrishna Gandhi: "A remarkable life-story"[usurped], Frontline 22 (24), 5–18 November 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Chandrabhan Prasad: "Losing a mentor", The Pioneer, 13 November 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Venkitesh Ramakrishnan: "Citizen President", Frontline 22 (24), 5–18 November 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- V. B. Rawat: "A tribute to K. R. Narayanan", Countercurrents, 15 November 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- P. Sainath: "Compassion at the top"[usurped], The Hindu, 11 November 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Manmohan Singh: Condolence message, 9 November 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- Biographies
- Sita Ram Sharma: K. R. Narayanan: Just the President of India, Sublime Publications, 1998. ISBN 8185809232.
- Darshan Singh: K. R. Narayanan: A journey from Uzhavoor to Raisina Hills, United Children's Movement, 1999.
- Eby J. Jose: K.R.Narayanan Bharathathinte Suryathejassu, It is written in Malayalam, in the mother tongue of K.R. Narayanan, published by Jeevan Books, Bharananganam, 2006