Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul
Kalam was born into a Muslim
family on October 15, 1931,
on the island of Dhanushkodi off
the southeastern coast of India. He
developed an early fascination for flight
by watching birds, which developed
into an interest in aeronautics after he
saw a newspaper article about a British
fighter plane
Despite his modest beginnings, Kalam
was a bright student who showed
promise in science and mathematics.
Kalam's father was a devout Muslim,
who owned boats which he rented out
to local fishermen. He was also the Imam
(prayer leader) of a mosque. He was a
good friend of Hindu religious leaders
and school teachers at Rameshwaram.
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Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam ( 15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace scientist and politician 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 Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and was intimately involved in India's civilian space programme 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.