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Kocheril Raman Narayanan was an Indian statesman, diplomat, academic, and politician who served as the president of India from 1997 to 2002. He also served as the vice president of India from 1992 to 1997. Narayanan was born in Perumthanam, Uzhavoor village, in the princely state of Travancore into a Hindu family.