Usha Narayanan

Usha Narayanan, born Tint Tint (; 1922 — 24 January 2008), was the First Lady of India from 1997 to 2002. She was married to K. R. Narayanan, the tenth President of India. Usha Narayanan was India's second foreign-born first lady (also second foreign-born second lady) after Janaki Venkataraman. She played a key role in women social welfare activities initiated by the presidency.

Early life and education Usha Narayanan was born as Tint Tint in 1922, in Yamethin, Burma. 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. and Amrita Narayanan.

Work 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. 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.

Death Usha, was suffering from Alzheimer's disease, for the last few years of her life, and died at the age of 86 on 24 January 2008 at 5:30 pm, at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. She was buried in the Christian Cemetery on Prithivraj Road, Delhi. In 2017, a controversy erupted when her husband's name was also found in her grave.