paragraph on our 11 president dr. a.p.j.abdul kalam belongs to rameswaram,madras. culture, religion,festivals,dresses, occupation, language and natural sights of the state.in 150 to 250 words
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In 1973 Dr. Kalam became the project director of India’s satellite launch vehicle program, commonly called the SLV-3. The goal was to put India’s “Rohini” satellite into orbit by 1980. Dr. Kalam was given funds and human resources — but was told clearly that by 1980 India had to launch the satellite into space. Thousands of people worked together in scientific and technical teams towards that goal.
By August 1979 everything was almost ready. As the project director, Dr. Kalam went to the control center for the launch. At four minutes before the satellite launch, the computer began to go through the checklist of items that needed to be checked. One minute later, the computer program put the launch on hold; the display showed that some control components were not in order. Four-five experts were there and they told him not to worry; they had done their calculations and there was enough reserve fuel. So he bypassed the computer, switched to manual mode, and launched the rocket. In the first stage, everything worked fine. In the second stage, a problem developed. Instead of the satellite going into orbit, the whole rocket system plunged into the Bay of Bengal. It was a big failure.
That day, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, Prof. Satish Dhawan, had called a press conference. The launch was at 7:00 am, and the press conference — where journalists from around the world were present — was at 7:45 am at ISRO’s satellite launch range in Sriharikota [in Andhra Pradesh in southern India]. Prof. Dhawan, the leader of the organization, conducted the press conference himself. He took responsibility for the failure — he said that the team had worked very hard, but that it needed more technological support. He assured the media that in another year, the team would definitely succeed. That time Dr. Kalam was the project director but Prof. Dhawan took responsibility for the failure as chairman of the organization and saved young Dr. Kalam from media.
The next year, in July 1980, ISRO tried again to launch the satellite — and this time they succeeded. The whole nation was jubilant. Again, there was a press conference. Prof. Dhawan called Dr. Kalam aside and told him, “You conduct the press conference today.”
After his first success, there were many which followed and now whole world knows him. It was the greatness of Prof. Dhawan which helped him to keep him morale up and make the nation proud.