కె.ఆర్. నారాయణన్: కూర్పుల మధ్య తేడాలు

1948లో నారాయణన్ భారతదేశానికి తిరిగి వచ్చిన సమయంలో, లాస్కి ప్రధానమంత్రి జవహర్‌లాల్ నెహ్రూకి పరిచయం చేసేందుకు ఒక లేఖను ఇచ్చాడు.<ref>Gopalkrishna Gandhi: [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=20051202005812900.htm&date=fl2224/&prd=fline& "A remarkable life-story"], ''Frontline'' '''22''' (24), 5–18 November 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2006.</ref> కొన్ని సంవత్సరాల తరువాత, అతను ప్రజా సేవలో తన వృత్తిని ప్రారంభించాడు ఎలా వివరించాడు:

 

[[దస్త్రం:Vladimir_Putin_in_India_2-5_October_2000-14.jpg|ఎడమ|thumb|K. R. Narayanan with [[President of Russia]] [[Vladimir Putin]] on 3 October 2000.]]

In 1949, he joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] (IFS) on Nehru's request.<ref name="pandya_int">Haresh Pandya: [https://www.theguardian.com/india/story/0,,1652976,00.html "K. R. Narayanan: Indian president from downtrodden caste"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 29 November 2005. Retrieved 6 March 2006.</ref> He worked as a diplomat in the embassies at [[Yangon|Rangoon]], [[Tokyo]], [[London]], [[Canberra]], and [[Hanoi]]. He was the Indian ambassador to [[Thailand]] (1967–69), [[Turkey]] (1973–75), and the [[China|People's Republic of China]] (1976–78). He taught at the [[Delhi School of Economics]] (DSE) (1954), and was Jawaharlal Nehru fellow (1970–72) and secretary to the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|ministry of external affairs]] (1976). He retired in 1978. After his retirement, he served as the [[Vice-Chancellor]] of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]] (JNU) in [[New Delhi]] from 3 January 1979 – 14 October 1980; he would later describe this experience as the foundation for his public life.<ref name="ptt_int">P. T. Thomas: "Interview with K. R. Narayanan", ''Maanavasamskruthi'' '''1''' (8), February 2005, in [[Malayalam]]. English translation of part of the interview, at CHRO web page: [http://www.nuke.humanrightskerala.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=5090 Part I] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928003749/http://www.nuke.humanrightskerala.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=5090|date=28 September 2007}}; [http://www.nuke.humanrightskerala.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=5097 Part II] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012023123/http://www.nuke.humanrightskerala.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=5097|date=12 October 2008}}. Additional translation of question on his relationship with the Left front in [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2005030308811100.htm&date=2005/03/03/&prd=th& "Narayanan criticises Vajpayee for Gujarat riots"], ''The Hindu'', 10 November 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2006.</ref> Subsequently, he was recalled from retirement to serve as [[Indian Ambassador to the United States]] from 1980–84, under the [[Indira Gandhi]] administration. Narayanan's tenures as Indian ambassador to China, the first such high level Indian diplomatic posting in that country after the 1962 [[Sino-Indian War]], and to the USA where he helped arrange Ms. Gandhi's landmark 1982 visit to [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] during the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan presidency]] helped mend India's strained relations with both these countries.<ref>His [http://pib.myiris.com/speech/article.php3?fl=010508171719 speech] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060630093120/http://pib.myiris.com/speech/article.php3?fl=010508171719|date=30 June 2006}} at Peking University while on a state visit, briefly describes his vision of relations between India and China. (Retrieved 24 February 2006.) Narayanan spoke Chinese, and had a scholarly knowledge of Chinese culture and history, particularly the cultural exchanges between the two countries. His visit as President eased tensions that had developed with China after the [[Pokhran]] nuclear tests.</ref><ref>His [http://pib.myiris.com/speech/article.php3?fl=D33180 banquet speech] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060630093102/http://pib.myiris.com/speech/article.php3?fl=D33180|date=30 June 2006}} welcoming Bill Clinton to Rashtrapati Bhavan briefly describes his vision of relations between India and the USA. . Retrieved 24 February 2006.</ref> Nehru, who had also been the Minister for External Affairs during his 16 years as PM, held that K. R. Narayanan was "the best diplomat of the country."(1955)