A.P.J Abdul Kalam; The Man Who Dedicated His Entire Life For General Interest

A.P.J Abdul Kalam was an aerospace scientist, author, professor and elected president of India from 2002-2007.

A story of lifetime dedication for public interest and general benefit.

How a person from a small village became the elected president of India? How he kept overcoming hardships? Why he dedicated his entire life for public interest? How many honorary award was he awarded?

A.P.J Abdul Kalam was born to a Tamil Muslim family in India. Firstly, his family was rich and boat owners but went into crisis and failed miserably; moreover, Kalam started selling newspapers from an early age and contributed his income to his family.

A.P.J Abdul Kalam was known as a bright and keen student from childhood who had a thirst for education especially for mathematics and he graduated from university with a degree from Physics.

He joined Defense Research and Development Organization of India and started working there with full dedication and a dream of inventing missiles for his country. After several attempts he and his colleagues could finally invent and launch Agni and Pokhran II missiles for his country.

He was awarded Bharat Ratna the highest civilian award, Von Barun Award, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibushan and several other honorary awards for his works.

He authored India 2020 and Transcendence; my spiritual experiences with Pramukh Swamiji which are published.

He died on July 27, 2015 and was buried with full honor in his hometown.

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work. “A.P.J. Abdul Kalam”



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