Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (A P J Abdul Kalam):
(15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015)
He was born in 15 October 1931 in a Tamil Muslim family in the small village Rameswaram on Pamban Island, in the State of Temil Nadu. his father was a boat owner and imam of a mosque.his mother was a housemaker.
kalam was the younger in all all 4 brothers and a sister in his family. ancestors of kalam were wealthy traders and owner of lands. with countless properties and large tracts of lands. his family business were into merchandising groceries between mainland and Sri lankan Island also ferrying traveller between mainland and pamban. because of the opening of the pamban bridge to the mainland in 1914 the family business of kalam failed and properties lost time by time apart from the home of the ancestors.
in his school life, kalam was having average grades but was known as bright and hardworking student who was keen to learn. he was spending hours and hours in studies specially in Mathematics. after his education in Schwartz School kalam went for his higher studies in St. Joseph college here he graduated in physics in 1954. in 1955 he went to madras to study aerospace engineering in Madras Institute Technology.
After graduating from Madras Institute of Technology in 1960. he joined Aeronautical Development Establishment Defence Research and Development Organisation (by Press Information Bureau, Government of India) as scientist he spent 4 decades as a scientist and admin mainly at DRDO and ISRO he was also involved in missile development. because of his successful work and ability he became to known as Missile Man of india he palyed a big role in pokhran - II Nuclear test in 1998. (the first test since 1974)
He was elected as 11th President of india in the year of 2002.
on 27th July kalam was travelling to Shillong to deliever
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