Usha Narayanan

Usha Narayanan, born Tint Tint (Burmese: တင့်တင့်) was the First Lady of India from 1997 to 2002. She was married to K. R. Narayanan, the tenth President of India. Upon her husband's assumption of the presidency, Usha Narayanan became India's second foreign-born first lady. She played a key role in women social welfare activities initiated by the presidency.[1]

Usha Narayanan
First Lady of India
In role
25 July 1997 – 25 July 2002
PresidentKocheril R. Narayanan
Prime MinisterI. K. Gujral
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Vice PresidentKrishan Kant
Preceded byVimala Sharma
Succeeded byVacant
Second Lady of India
In role
21 August 1992 – 24 July 1997
Preceded byVimala Sharma
Succeeded byShreemathi Suman
Personal details
Born
Tint Tint

1922
Yamethin, Burma
Died24 January 2008 (2008-01-25) (aged 85)
Rajendra Nagar, Delhi, India
CitizenshipIndian
Spouse(s)
K. R. Narayanan
(m. 1951; died 2005)
ChildrenChitra Narayanan
Amrita Narayanan

Early life

Narayanan was born Tint Tint in 1922, in Yamethin, Burma.[2] She attended Rangoon University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree. Thereafter, she worked as a lecturing tutor at the Department of Burmese Language and Literature.[2] She continued her graduate studies at the Delhi School of Social Work through a scholarship, earning a Master of Arts degree with a specialty in juvenile delinquency.[2]

Later life

While working in Rangoon, Burma (now Myanmar), K. R. Narayanan met Tint Tint, whom he later married in Delhi on 8 June 1951. Ma Tint Tint was active in the YWCA and on hearing that Narayanan was a student of Laski, approached him to speak on political freedom before her circle of acquaintances. Their marriage needed a special dispensation from Jawaharlal Nehru per Indian law, because Narayanan was in the IFS and she was a foreigner. Ma Tint Tint adopted the Indian name Usha and became an Indian citizen.

Usha Narayanan worked on several social welfare programs for women and children in India and had completed her Masters in Social Work from Delhi School of Social Work.[3] She also translated and published several Burmese short stories; a collection of translated stories by Thein Pe Myint, titled Sweet and Sour, appeared in 1998.

They have two daughters, Chitra Narayanan (former Indian ambassador to Switzerland, Liechtenstein and The Holy See)[4] and Amrita Narayanan.

She died at the age of 84 on 24 January 2008 at 5:30 pm, at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.[5]

See also
  • Spouse of the President of India
  • List of spouses of vice presidents of India

References
  1. Mathew, Liz (25 July 2012). "The first ladies of Rashtrapati Bhavan". Live Mint. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  2. "Former President's wife Usha Narayanan passes away". Outlook India. 24 January 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  3. "Her Excellency Tin Tin". The OutLook. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  4. "Chitra Narayanan concurrently accredited Ambassador to Holy See". News.oneindia.in. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  5. "Ex-First Lady Usha Narayanan dies at 86". The Indian Express. 25 January 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
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