This
article is about the former President of India. For the Indian freedom fighter,
see Abul
Kalam Azad.
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Dr A P J Abdul Kalam
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Former Indian President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam at
the International Book Fair, Trivandrum, 2014
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In office
25 July 2002 – 25 July 2007 |
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Prime
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Vice
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Personal details
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Born
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Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam
15 October 1931 (age 83) Rameswaram, Ramanathapuram District, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Tamil Nadu, India) |
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Indian
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Professor
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Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul kalam is an Indian scientist who served as the 11th President
of India from
2002 to 2007.
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 the India's civilian space program and military missile development efforts.[1] 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.[2] He also played a pivotal
organizational, technical and political role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998, the first
since the original
nuclear test by India in 1974.[3]
In 2002,
Kalam was elected the President of India in 2002 with the support of the both
the ruling Bharatiya
Janata Party and the
opposition Indian National Congress. After serving a term of 5 years, he returned to
civilian life of education, writing, and public service. He has received
several prestigious awards, including the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor.
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