| Full name | Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam |
| Born | 15 October 1931, Rameswaram TN |
| Died | 27 July 2015, Shillong Meghalaya |
| President Term | July 25th, 2002 – July 25th, 2007 |
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, in full Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam.
He was a scientist who played a leading role in the development of India’s ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs. He also received the Bharat Ratna. Kalam was affectionately known as the People’s President, due to his extra-Presidential activities.
He was the first bachelor president of India and the first Muslim President who completed his term. Kalam died following a heart attack while delivering a speech in Shillong.
He was an Indian aerospace scientist and politician
11th President of India from 2002 to 2007
Before being elected as the President also served as Chief Scientific Adviser to the PM and Secretary of DRDO
He was awarded Bharat Ratna in the year 1997
Known as the “Missile Man of India”
IMPORTANT AWARDS
- 1997: Bharat Ratna
- 1981: Padma Bhushan
- 1990: Padma Vibhushan
- 1997: Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration
- 1998: Veer Savarkar Award
- 2000: SASTRA Ramanujan Prize – Shanmugha Arts, Science,Technology & Research Academy, India
- 2013: Von Braun Award
BOOKS OF APJ ABDUL KALAM
- Wings of Fire: Autobiography
- India 2020
- Ignited Minds
- Target 3 Billion
- Turning Points
- You Are Born To Blossom
- My Journey
- A Manifesto for Change
- Advantage India
- Reignited
The Wheeler Island is renamed Dr. Abdul Kalam Island