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    A.P.J Abdul Kalam was an Indian scientist and politician who served as the 11th President of India. He was born in 1931 in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and died in 2015 in Shillong, Meghalaya. Kalam worked for the Defence Research and Development Organisation and Indian Space Research Organisation, where he played a key role in India's civilian space program and military missile development efforts. He oversaw the development of ballistic missiles and launch vehicles, and played an important part in Pokhran-II nuclear tests. Kalam served as President from 2002 to 2007, becoming the first scientist and the first bachelor to hold the highest office in India.

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    A.P.J Abdul Kalam was an Indian scientist and politician who served as the 11th President of India. He was born in 1931 in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and died in 2015 in Shillong, Meghalaya. Kalam worked for the Defence Research and Development Organisation and Indian Space Research Organisation, where he played a key role in India's civilian space program and military missile development efforts. He oversaw the development of ballistic missiles and launch vehicles, and played an important part in Pokhran-II nuclear tests. Kalam served as President from 2002 to 2007, becoming the first scientist and the first bachelor to hold the highest office in India.

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    A.P.J Abdul Kalam was an Indian scientist and politician who served as the 11th President of India. He was born in 1931 in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and died in 2015 in Shillong, Meghalaya. Kalam worked for the Defence Research and Development Organisation and Indian Space Research Organisation, where he played a key role in India's civilian space program and military missile development efforts. He oversaw the development of ballistic missiles and launch vehicles, and played an important part in Pokhran-II nuclear tests. Kalam served as President from 2002 to 2007, becoming the first scientist and the first bachelor to hold the highest office in India.

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    ENGLISH HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

    BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH - A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM


    TO : MRS REVATHY
    FROM :DANI MATHEW
    A.P.J ABDUL KALAM

     BORN - 15 October 1931


    RAMESHWARAM , TAMIL NADU

     DIED - 27 July 2015


    SHILLONG ,MEGHALAYA
    A.P.J ABDUL KALAM WAS A
     SCIENTIST
     ENGINEER
     PROFFESSOR
     AUTHOR
     PRESIDENT
     GOOD HUMAN BEING
    BIRTH PLACE
    EARLY LIFE

     DR A.P.J ABDUL KALAM S’ FATHER


    JAINULABDEEN WAS A BOAT OWNER AND IMAM
    OF LOCAL MOSQUE AND HIS MOTHER
    ASHIAMMA WS A HOUSEWIFE.

     KALAM WAS THE YOUNGEST OF FOUR


    BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER IN HIS FAMILY.
    EDUCATION
     HE COMPLETED HIS EDUCATION AT SCHARWTZ HIGHER
    SECONDARY SCHOOL,RAMANATHAPURAM.
     HE GRADUATED IN PHYSICS IN 1954 FROM SAINT JOSEPH S’
    COLLEGE TIRUCHIRRAPALLI.
     IN 1955 , STUDIED AEROSPACE ENGINNEERING IN MADRAS
    INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    WORKED AT
     DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION (D.R.D.O)

     INDIAN SPACE RESEARCHORGANISATION ( I.S.R.O)


    STRUGGLING TIME
     FAILED LAUNCHING SLV –III FOR THE FIRST
    TIME.
     HE OWNED THE RESPOSIBILITY FOR THE
    FAILURE.
     BUT HE FINALLY ACHIEVED SUCCESS THE NEXT
    TIME
    OATH TAKING CEREMONY OF DR ABDUL KALAM

     HE BECAME THE 11 PRESIDENT OF INDIA ON


    25TH JULY 2002.
    PRESIDENCY
     25 JULY 2002 TO 25 JULY 2007.
     KALAM SERVED AS THE 11 TH PRESIDENT OF INDIA WITH
    AN ELECTORAL VOTEOF 922,884.
     KNOWN AS THE PEOPLE S’ PRESIDENT.
     HE WAS THE FIRST SCIENTIST AND BACHELOR TO
    OCCUPY THE RASTRAPATHI BHAVAN.
    INVENTION AND PROJECTS

     SATELLITE LAUNCH VEHICLE III (SLV-III)


     PROJECT DEVIL AND PROJECT VALIANT
     POLAR SATELLITE LAUNCH VEHICLE (PSLV)
     AGNI AND PRITHVI
    DEATH

     ON 27 JULY, 2015 KALAM TRAVELLED TO SHILLONG


    TO DELIVER A LECTURE ON “CREATING A LIVABLE
    PLANET’’ AT INDIAN INSTITUTE OF
    MANAGEMENT ,SHILLONG.
     AT AROUND 6:35 PM ONLY 5 MINS INTO HIS LECTURE
    , HE COLLAPSED.
     HE WAS TO NEARBY BETHANY HOSPITAL IN A
    CRITICAL CONDITION ; UPON ARRIVAL HE LACKED
    PULSE OR ANY SIGNS OF LIFE.
     DESPITE BEING PLACED IN ICU,KALAM WAS
    CONFIRMED DEAD DUE TO SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST
    AT 7:45 PM
     HIS LAST WORDS WERE “ FUNNY GUY! ARE YOU
    DOING WELL?’’.
    THANK YOU

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