Great Scientist Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Biography

Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam: Abdul Kalam was born on October 15, 1931, in Rameshwaram in the state of Tamil Nadu. His full name is Dr. Abul Pakir Jainulabadin Abdul Kalam.

His father was Mr. Jainulabdin’s middle-class family. Kalam got the inheritance of Atmanushasan from his father, and he took the gift of God-faith and compassion.Kalam passed the B.Sc. examination from St. Joseph’s College in Tiruchirapalli in 1950. He got a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Madras Institute of Technology.

In 1958 AD, Kalam was appointed as the Senior Scientific Assistant in the Technical Center in D.D. & P. From 1963 to 1982, Kalam worked in various positions in the Space Research Committee.

On the auspicious occasion of Republic Day of 1981, Dr. Kalam was honored with ‘Padma Bhushan’.

In 1990 AD, he was awarded ‘Padma Vibhushan’ and ‘Bharat Ratna’, India’s highest civilian honor in 1997 by the Government of India.

On July 25, 2002, Dr. Kalam took oath as the President of India. Kalam is famous as the ‘Missile Man’.

On the evening of Monday, July 27, 2015, Dr. Kalam died due to a heart attack in Shillong, capital of Meghalaya.

They were giving a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management that suddenly they became unconscious.

The last rites of former President Dr. Kalam were carried out in the Rameswaram Nagar of Tamil Nadu on Thursday, July 30, 2015, at 11 am with full military honors.

Dr. Abdul Kalam was a great scientist as well as a serious thinker and a good man.

Kalam, who had a special interest in child education, was also fond of playing Veena. Staying away from politics, Kalam occupies the highest peak of politics.