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K.R. Narayanan is sworn in as India's 10th president and the first member of the Dalit caste to hold this office.

K: 15 August 1997 archival photograph of President K. R. Narayanan at Rashtrapati Bhavan, three weeks after his 25 July 1997 swearing-in; not the oath itself. GODL rights exceptions need manual QA.
15 August 1997 archival photograph of President K. R. Narayanan at Rashtrapati Bhavan, three weeks after his 25 July 1997 swearing-in; not the oath itself. GODL rights exceptions need manual QA. · Credit: President's Secretariat, Government of India · License: Government Open Data License - India (GODL)

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