Dr Apj Abdul Kalam Life History In English
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Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was born on 15 October 1931 to a Tamil Muslim family in ...
Born: Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam; 15 October 1931; Rameswaram, Madras ...
Vice President: Krishan Kant; Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Died: 27 July 2015 (aged 83); Shillong, Meghalaya, India
Resting place: Pei Karumbu Ground, Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India
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A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, in full Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, (born October 15, 1931, Rameswaram, India—died July 27, 2015, Shillong), Indian scientist and politician who played a leading role in the development of India’s missile and nuclear weapons programs. He was president of India from 2002 to 2007.
Kalam earned a degree in aeronautical engineering from the Madras Institute of Technology and in 1958 joined the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). He soon moved to the Indian Space Research Organisation, where he was project director of the SLV-III, India’s first indigenously designed and produced satellite launch vehicle. Rejoining DRDO in 1982, Kalam planned the program that produced a number of successful missiles, which helped earned him the nickname “Missile Man.”