APJ Abdul Kalam: Do you know anything special about 'Missile Man' Abdul Kalam

The eleventh President of India and world renowned scientist Dr. Today is the birthday of APJ Abdul Kalam. Dr. Kalam's life journey has been an inspiration to many.

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New Delhi - The eleventh President of India and world renowned scientist Dr. Today is the birthday of APJ Abdul Kalam. Dr. Kalam's life journey has been an inspiration to many. APJ Abdul Kalam was born on 15 October 1931 in Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu. As the country's 'Missile Man', Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam is known. He is known as the President of the people because of his unique style of work and different way of thinking. Kalam passed away on 27 July 2015 while lecturing in front of students at IIM-Shillong.

Some special things about Abdul Kalam on his birthday ...

- Abdul Kalam's full name was 'Abul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam'.

- Abdul Kalam was known as the Missile Man of India, the President of the people. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan and Bharat Ratna.

- After graduating in aeronautical engineering from the Madras Institute of Technology, he started working in DRDO (Defense Research and Development Institute). He designed helicopters for the Indian Army.

- Kalam got the opportunity to work under the famous astronomer Vikram Sarabhai in the early stages of his career. In 1963, Kalam visited NASA, the world's leading space research organization. He then started work on PSLV and SLV-3 projects. Both projects were successful.

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- Once while speaking in front of 400 students, the lights suddenly went out. However, in our discussion, without interrupting the speech, Dr. Kalam lined up among the entire students and continued his discussion.

- During the tenure of the then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the country tested the second atomic bomb at Pokhran. Kalam played an important role in this test. After this test, people started recognizing him as one of the leading nuclear scientists in the country.

- From 1992 to 1999, Abdul Kalam was the Chief Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister of the country. He played a key role on both the political and technical fronts during the Pokhran nuclear test.

- When Dr. Kalam's name was chosen for the post of President. Free airfare tickets were then available for their relatives at the swearing-in ceremony. But Dr. Kalam was a person who did not use his position for any personal work. He brought his relatives to Delhi for the swearing-in ceremony by the Second AC Railway.

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- The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance nominated him for the presidency in 2002. On June 25, he was sworn in as the country's 11th president.

- Kalam had prepared a plan to run all the lights in the Rashtrapati Bhavan on solar energy. But his term ended before the plan could be implemented. He was of the view that India should rely on nuclear power and biofuel technology to meet its energy needs without solar energy.

- He made important contributions to the technology of making missiles, fire and earth.

- Once in a convocation ceremony, President Dr. Kalam's chair was different and bigger than other chairs. So he refused to sit on that chair, he was sitting on a simple chair.

- Abdul Kalam loves children very much. These little ones are our future tomorrow. So he spent most of his time with the children. To answer their curious questions.

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