3. Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
India's 11th President (2002–2007)
Born-15 October 1931, Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu
Known as 'missile man of India'
Education-aeronautical engineering, 1958, Madras Institute of Technology
Career - Indian Space Research Organization, 1962
Achievements—’Agni' and 'Prithvi' Missiles
Principal Scientific Advisor to Govt of India, 1990-2001
Prolific author-bestsellers, Wings of Fire, India 2020-A Vision for the New Millennium,
Ignited Minds
Awards—Padma Bhushan, 1981; Padma Vibhushan, 1990; Bharat Ratna, 1997
Personal-disciplined, hardworking, vegetarian
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—» Born of a Dalit Mahar family of western India, he was as a boy humiliated by his high-caste schoolfellows. His father was an officer in the Indian army. Awarded a scholarship by the Gaekwar (ruler) of Baroda (now Vadodara), he studied at universities in the United States, Britain, and Germany. He entered the Baroda Public Service at the Gaekwar’s request, but, again ill-treated by his high-caste colleagues, he turned to legal practice and to teaching. He soon established his leadership among Dalits, founded several journals on their behalf, and succeeded in obtaining special representation for them in the legislative councils of the government. Contesting Mahatma Gandhi’s claim to speak for Dalits (or Harijans, as Gandhi called them), he wrote What Congress and Gandhi Have Done to the Untouchables (1945).
In 1947 Ambedkar became the law minister of the government of India. He took a leading part in the framing of the Indian constitution, outlawing discrimination against untouchables, and skillfully helped to steer it through the assembly. He resigned in 1951, disappointed at his lack of influence in the government. In October 1956, in despair because of the perpetuation of untouchability in Hindu doctrine, he renounced Hinduism and became a Buddhist, together with about 200,000 fellow Dalits, at a ceremony in Nagpur. Ambedkar’s book The Buddha and His Dhamma appeared posthumously in 1957, and it was republished as The Buddha and His Dhamma: A Critical Edition in 2011, edited, introduced, and annotated by Aakash Singh Rathore and Ajay Verma.
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Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was India's 11th President (2002–2007) . He was born-15 October 1931, Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and was also known as the 'missile man of India' . He completed his Education-aeronautical engineering, 1958, at Madras Institute of Technology and started his career - Indian Space Research Organization, 1962 . He also had ’Agni' and 'Prithvi' Missiles as his main achievements. He was so the Principal Scientific Advisor to Govt of India, 1990-2001 . He was also the author of one of the most prolific author-bestsellers, Wings of Fire , his autobiography . He was also honoured with Padma Bhushan, 1981; Padma Vibhushan, 1990; and Bharat Ratna, 1997 . He was a very personal-disciplined, hardworking vegetarian .
He passed away in Shillong , Meghalaya