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Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
ஆ. ப. ஜெ. அப்துல் கலாம்
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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
Personal details
Born Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam
(1931-10-15)15 October 1931
Rameswaram, Ramnad District, Madras Presidency, British India
(now in Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu, India
Died 27 July 2015(2015-07-27) (aged 83)
Shillong, Meghalaya, India
Cause of death Cardiac arrest (Stroke)
Nationality Indian
Alma mater St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli
Madras Institute of Technology
Profession Professor
Author
Aerospace scientist
Religion Islam
Awards Bharat Ratna 1997
Padma Vibhushan 1990
Padma Bhushan 1981
Signature
Website abdulkalam.com

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam better known as A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Listeni/ˈæbdʊl kəˈlɑːm/; (15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) was the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. A career scientist turned statesman, Kalam 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.


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