He was born on 15th of October in 1931 at Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and died on 27th of July in 2015 at Shillong, Meghalaya, India. After his graduation from the Madras Institute of Technology, he joined the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). He has worked under a legendary space scientist, Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai (father of India’s space programme). He later became the project director in 1969 of India’s first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle, SLV-III.
He also served the country as 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. The full name of APJ abdul Kalam was Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam.
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