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==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 [[Ayurveda]], and Punnaththuraveettil Paappiyamma.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Damodaran |first=Ashok K. |date=30 June 1997 |title=K.R. Narayanan's sweet and dull personality make him politically most acceptable |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/profile/story/19970630-k-r-narayanan-sweet-and-dull-personality-make-him-politically-most-acceptable-830267-1997-06-29 |access-date=16 April 2024 |work=[[India Today]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=27 October 2022 |title=രാഷ്ട്രപതി സ്ഥാനത്തെത്തിയ ആദ്യത്തെ മലയാളി മാത്രമായിരുന്നില്ല കെ.ആര് നാരായണന് |trans-title=K. R. Narayanan was not just the first Malayali President of India |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/in-depth/features/former-indian-president-kr-narayanan-biography-history-1.7993366 |access-date=16 April 2024 |work=[[Mathrubhumi]] |language=Malayalam}}</ref> His siblings were Vasudevan, Neelakandan, Gowri, Bhaskaran, Bhargavi and Bharathi. His family, belonging to the [[
Narayanan had his early [[education in India|schooling]] in Uzhavoor at the Government Lower Primary School, Kurichithanam (where he enrolled on 5 May 1927) and Our Lady of Lourdes Upper Primary School, Uzhavoor (1931–35).<ref name=":1" /> He walked to school for about 15 kilometres daily through [[paddy field]]s, and was often unable to pay the modest fees. He often listened to school lessons while standing outside the classroom, having been barred from attending because tuition fees were outstanding. The family lacked money to buy books and his elder brother K. R. Neelakantan, who was confined to home as he was suffering from [[asthma]], used to borrow books from other students, copy them down, and give them to Narayanan. He matriculated from St. Mary's High School, [[Kuravilangad]] (1936–37) (he had studied at St. John's High School, [[Koothattukulam]] (1935–36) previously). He completed his intermediate at [[C. M. S. College]], Kottayam (1938–40), aided by a scholarship from the [[Travancore royal family|Travancore Royal family]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kurian |first=N. J. |date=17 December 2005 |title=K R Narayanan: Making of a President |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4417548 |journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]] |volume=40 |issue=51 |pages=5386–5387 |jstor=4417548 |access-date=16 April 2024 |via=[[JSTOR]]}}</ref>
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