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'''[[K. R. Narayanan]]''' (4 February 1921 — 9 November 2005) was the [[President of India|tenth President]] of the [[India|Republic of India]]. He is the only [[Dalit (outcaste)|Dalit]] and the only [[Malayali]] to have held the Presidency. Born in the [[South India|southern state]] of [[Kerala]], and after a brief stint with journalism and studying political science at the [[London School of Economics]] with the assistance of a scholarship, Narayanan began his political career in India as a member of the [[Indian Foreign Service]] under the [[Jawaharlal Nehru|Nehru administration]]. He has served as ambassador to [[Japan]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Thailand]], [[Turkey]], [[People's Republic of China]] and [[United States of America]] and was referred by Nehru as "the best diplomat of the country". He entered politics at [[Indira Gandhi|Indira Gandhi's]] request and won three successive general elections to the [[Lok Sabha]] and has served as a Minister of state in the Union cabinet under [[Rajiv Gandhi]]. Elected as [[Vice-President of India|Vice-President]] in 1992, Narayanan went on to become the President of India in 1997.

In India, where the office of the President is largely [[ceremonial]] without [[Executive (government)|executive]] powers, Narayanan was regarded as an independent and assertive President who set several precedents and enlarged the scope of the 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. He used his [[Discretion|discretionary]] powers as a President and deviated from [[Convention (norm)|conventions]] and [[precedents]] in many a situation including but not limited to— the appointment of the [[Prime Minister]] in a [[hung Parliament]] situation, in dismissing a [[state government]] and imposition of President's rule there at the suggestion of the Union [[Cabinet (government)|Cabinet]], and the [[Kargil War|Kargil conflict]]. He set a new precent in the country's [[Indian general elections 1977-1999#1998|general election of 1998]] by becoming the first Indian President to vote. ([[K. R. Narayanan|'''more...''']])

Portal:India/SC Summary/SA K. R. Narayanan - Revision history

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