Biography of APJ Abdul Kalam (Class - X)

APJ Abdul Kalam

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) was an aerospace scientist who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. He was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamilnadu and studied physics and aerospace engineering. He spent the next four decades as a scientist and science administrator, mainly at the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and was intimately involved in India's civilian space programme and military missile development efforts. He thus came to be known as the Missile Man of India.

Kalam was elected as the 11th President of India in 2002 with the support of both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P) and the then-opposition Indian National Congress. He was a recipient of several prestigious awards, including the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour.

Unfortunately, while delivering a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management Shillong, Kalam collapsed and died from an apparent cardiac arrest on 27 July 2015, aged 83.

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