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Harijans
Harijans [children of God], in India, individuals who are at the bottom of or outside the Hindu caste system. They were traditionally sweepers, washers of clothes, leatherworkers, and those whose occupation it was to kill animals. The term is also sometimes applied to the hill tribes of India, wh... Read more
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman , 1888-1970, Indian physicist. He was professor of physics at Calcutta Univ. from 1917 to 1933. In Bangalore (Bengaluru) he directed the Indian Institute of Science and, from 1946, the Raman Institute. For his research on the diffusion of light and for his discovery ... Read more
Raman effect
Raman effect , appearance of additional lines in the spectrum of monochromatic light that has been scattered by a transparent material medium. The effect was discovered by C. V. Raman in 1928. The energy and thus the frequency and wavelength of the scattered light is changed as the light either im... Read more
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K. R. Narayanan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition (Raman Kocheril Narayanan) , 1921-2005, Indian government official. An untouchable or Dalit...London School of Economics, he joined India's foreign service in 1949. Narayanan served as ambassador to Thailand (1967-69), Turkey (1973-75), China... Read more

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View from the top: KR Narayanan was India's first and only Dalit President from 1997 to 2002. Mari Marcel Thekaekara found him ready to speak his mind.(POLITICS)
Magazine article from: New Internationalist; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...figurehead appointments. In India it's a fine art. But in Kocheril Raman Narayanan (or KRN as he is known), India's first and only Dalit...out 'only because he was a Dalit.' Six days before Narayanan became President, police opened fire on a Dalit protest... Read more
Learn from Gandhi, say anti-globalization activists.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Presbyterian Record; 3/1/2004; 164 words ; ...the strength of the masses. People's power is a new factor in international politics, India's former president Kocheril Raman Narayanan told tens of thousands of people at the gathering's closing ceremony. This movement is one of the most significant... Read more
INDIA: ARCHITECT OF INDIA'S MISSILE ARSENAL - WON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 7/17/2002; 89 words ; ...the ruling coalition and main opposition parties assured him of their support. Mr Kalam will replace incumbent Kocheril Raman Narayanan when he completes his five-year term on July 24. Read more
CHINA: INDIA'S PRESIDENT TO VISIT CHINA.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 5/25/2000; 116 words ; ...April 1, marking the 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations held in both countries. Indian President Kocheril Raman Narayanan is scheduled to visit China between May 28 and June 3, the first trip to the country since he assumed the presidency... Read more
Healing people, healing nations.(BIBLE STUDY)(the Bible and social justice )
Magazine article from: Sojourners Magazine; 2/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Hinduism's lowest caste--became president of India. Kocheril Raman Narayanan had been an author, a diplomat, and a scholar, and...vast, powerful nation. Narayanan was the third son of Raman Vaidyan, who practiced herbal medicine in a small... Read more