Details of H.E.. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
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| First Name | A.P.J. Abdul |
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| Last Name | Kalam |
| Nick Name | Abdul Kalam |
| Date of Birth | 1931-10-15 |
| Passed away on | 2015-07-27 |
| Birth Place | Rameshwaram |
| Died at place | Shillong |
| Address | Resting Place: Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Desiya Ninaivagam, Pei Karumbu, Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India |
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| Country | India |
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) 11th President of India In office 25 July 2002 – 25 July 2007 Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Manmohan Singh Vice President Krishan Kant Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Preceded by K. R. Narayanan Succeeded by Pratibha Patil 1st Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India In office November 1999 – November 2001 President K. R. Narayanan Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Preceded by Position established Succeeded by Rajagopala Chidambaram Personal details Born Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam 15 October 1931 Rameswaram, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Tamil Nadu, India) Died 27 July 2015 (aged 83) Shillong, Meghalaya, India Resting place Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Desiya Ninaivagam, Pei Karumbu, Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India Nationality Indian Other political affiliations NDA Alma mater St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli (BEng) Madras Institute of Technology (MEng) Profession Aerospace Scientist Author Notable work(s) Wings of Fire India 2020 Ignited Minds Indomitable Spirit Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji Defense Research and Development Organization Indian Space Research Organization An Indian aerospace scientist who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. He was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and studied physics and aerospace engineering. He spent the next four decades as a scientist and science administrator, mainly at the Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and was intimately involved in India's civilian space program and military missile development efforts. He thus came to be known as the 'Missile Man of India' for his work on the development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology. He also played a pivotal organisational, technical, and political role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998, the first since the original nuclear test by India in 1974. Kalam was elected as the 11th president of India in 2002 with the support of both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the then-opposition Indian National Congress. Widely referred to as the "People's President", he returned to his civilian life of education, writing and public service after a single term. He was a recipient of several prestigious awards, including the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour. While delivering a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management Shillong, Kalam collapsed and died from an apparent cardiac arrest on 27 July 2015, aged 83. Thousands, including national-level dignitaries, attended the funeral ceremony held in his hometown of Rameswaram, where he was buried with full state honors.
