A.P.J Abdul Kalam Profile | Achievements | Awards

A.P.J Abdul Kalam: Also known as Kalam, APJ Abdul, APJ Kalam, and Abdul Kalam. He was a great Indian scientist and also 11th president of India served from 2002 to 2007 for the span of five years. Life of APJ Abdul Kalam is the inspiration for every single person over the world because he showed how to achieve from paperboy to president and the struggles he faced in his childhood and how he solved them and developed his life as the greatest person in India is an inspirational lesson for every citizen all over the Indian country. Abdul Kalam life story teaches us how to live, how to succeed and how to achieve anything in life and how to become the inspiration for every person in your country.

Today is the 27th Birth anniversary of APJ Abdul. Let's know more about Abdul Kalam life history and Kalam's greatness. 

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Abdul Kalam Profile:

Kalam full name is Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam. Dr. Kalam was born on Oct 15th, 1931 in Rameswaram, a town in Tamil Nadu. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam family is a Tamil Muslim family. APJ Abdul father name is Jainulabdeen. APJ Abdul mother name is Ashiamma. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam is also known as Missile man. Kalam was a former president of India. Apj Abdul Kalam history is full of struggles what he faced in his childhood.

Abdul Kalam Childhood:

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was born and raised in Rameswaram. APJ Abdul has three brothers and one sister. Kalam. Kalam father worked as a boat owner and APJ Kalam mother was a housewife. Whenever Dr. Kalam was born, APJ Abdul Kalam family is in a bad situation with full of poverty. Kalam has to work in his childhood to help his family for food so he worked as a paperboy. Kalam was always to study in his childhood and he was always enthusiastic to learn and know about new things. Abdul Kalam Childhood filled with full of struggles and family poverty.

A.P.J Abdul Kalam Biography:

In his educational life days, Kalam dreamed to become an aeronautical engineer and he achieved that. APJ Abdul earned an aeronautical degree in Madras Institute of Technology. Kalam joined as a scientist in DRDO(Defence Research and Development Organisation) in 1956. APJ Kalam later designed a small hovercraft in DRDO. After that, Kalam moved from development organization DRDO and joined in Indian space research organization (ISRO). Kalam did so many excellent works in space research organization ISRO like developing Indigenous satellite launch vehicle SLV which later successfully launched Rohini satellite. Kalam also took a part in Integrated Guided Missile Development(IGMD). In his Guided Missile Development Programme, Kalam developed Prithvi and Agni missiles. Due to the success and excellence, he achieved in his Missile Development Programme IGMDP, he got a missile man name.

Dr. Kalam also played the important and main role in Pokhran II Nuclear tests to make India strong in the nuclear weapons department. He also created a Technology Vision 2020 documents which will act as a key roadmap for turning India from developing nation to developed nation.

A.P.J Abdul Kalam Awards & Achievements:

Dr. Kalam got so many awards and honorary doctorates in his life history. Some of them are:

1. Abdul Kalam was a recipient of Bharat Ratna, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Vibhushan.

2. Kalam won the King Charles II medal from Royal Society in the U.K.

3. Kalam also won Hover medal from ASME foundation which is in the U.S.A.

4. The government of India awarded Dr. Kalam with Veer Sawarkar award.

5. APJ Abdul was also awarded Indira Gandhi Award by the government of India.

6. APJ Kalam received honorary doctorates from 40 universities.

7. United Nation announced Kalam's 79th birthday as World Students Day.

A.P.J Abdul Kalam Books:

Dr. Kalam wrote so many books in his entire life. Some of the best books for you:

1. Wings of Fire: An Autobiography of Abdul Kalam

2. India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium

3. My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions

 

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam died on 27th Jul 2015 while traveling to Shillong to deliver a speech on "creating livable planet earth". On Jul 29th Kalam's body was received in Madurai airport by cabinet ministers and the governors on Tamil Nadu and Meghalaya. 

Readers, this is all about the APJ Abdul Kalam history and Abdul Kalam life story and Kalam's greatness and how he became India's great leader by serving the nation to great heights.

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