MADE BY:

MAST.ROHAN MAHAVIR SANGAME & TANAY MILIND SHAH

STD-VIITH SANTHOME SCHOOL SANGLI

WE ARE PROUD TO BE INDIANS BECAUSE OF YOU !!!!!!

DR.A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM

Former President, top scientist, Bharat Ratna.... These are just some of the titles that
come before the name of APJ Abdul Kalam who died on 27 th July in Shillong, collapsing
in the middle of what he loved doing most talking to students. In this case, the students

of the Indian Institute of Management. He was 83.

 RIP PLEASE!!!!!!

Born 15 October 1931 in Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu to humble parents - his father
was a boat owner -- APJ Abdul Kalam distributed newspapers at one time to support his
family and his education.
He graduated with physics from the Madras University, went on to study aerospace
engineering, wanted to be a fighter pilot but just missed that bus.

But there was no stopping him. The DRDO, ISRO, chief scientific advisor to the prime
minister in 1992, the Pokhran 2 nuclear tests... Abdul Kalam straddled them all, till he
was elected India's 11th President in 2002.

It was the role he will probably be most remembered for --  a president who brought
Rashtrapati Bhavan to the people.... earning him the tribute of the People's President.

Signing the Office of Profit Bill was the toughest decision he had taken during his tenure
-- that's what Abdul Kalam himself was once quoted saying.
There were also controversial decisions - his response to mercy petitions from death
row convicts and the imposition of President's Rule in Bihar in 2005.

But what he will remembered for was his engagement with the people - especially
children - even after his presidency and the books that he wrote - India 2020 and, of
course, Igniting minds.   

"If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun," APJ Abdul Kalam had said in one
of his inspirational speeches. He certainly did.

Today that sun has set.