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. We have made Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Biography in Hindi who is also known as Missile Man of India Wings of Fire.
- Born- 15 October 1931
- Birth Place- Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu
- Region- Muslim
- Father Name- Jainuladeen
- Father’s Occupation- Boat Owner and also a Imam of a local Mosque
- Mother Name- Ashiamma
- Mother’s Occupation- Housewife
- Siblings Name- Kasim Mohammed, Mustafa Kalam, Mohammed Muthu Meera, Asim Zohra
- Family Background- Ancestors was wealthy traders and land owners
- 1920- Family had lost most of their fortune.
- In Young age APJ Abdul Kalam started selling newspapers to help his family.
- In school Kalam is a very bright and hardworking student. Mathematics was his main interest.
- School Name- Schwartz Higher Secondary School, Ramanathapuram
- College Name- Saint Joseph’s College.
- 1955- Aerospace Engineering Madras Institute of Technology
- In Third Year of Graduate Kalam has to design a low level attack aircraft together with some students in a short time.
- Kalam want to become a fighter pilot but he got 9th position and only 8th position is available.
- 1957- Complete the graduation from Madras Institute of Technology.
- 1958- Join The Defence Research and Development Organisation
- (DRDO)
- 1960- Work with Space Scientist Vikram Sarabhai in Indian National Committee for Space Research
- Started His Career by designing a small Hovercraft at DRDO
- 1965- NASA’s Langley research centre in Hampton, Virginia.
- 1965- Rocket Project Independently at DRDO
- 1969- He was posted to ISRO from DRDO. In ISRO he start a Project Director of The SLV-III
- 1970- Launch The Polar Satellite Vehicle.
- 1980- Rohini Satellite in Near Earth Orbit in July (India’s First Indigenously Designed)
- 1980- Kalam Received The Government’s Approval
- 1980- Chief Executive of DRDO
- 1992- Scientific Adviser to The Defence Minister
- 1999- Cabinet Minister- The Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India
- 1998- Played a major role in The Pokhran- II
- 1998- Make India a Developed Nation by the Year 2020
- 2002- National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
- 10 June 2002- The Leader of Opposition, Congress President Sonia Gandhi
- Died- 27 July 2015
- President of India- 2002-2007
- 20 Years Action Plan for Economic Growth Through Technological Development of India
- 1999- Autobiography ( Wings of Fire)
- Award- The Padma Vibhushan, The Bharat Ratna
- Another name of APJ Abdul Kalam- Missile Man of India
- 1998- Support in India’s Pokhran-II Nuclear Tests
- 27 July 2015- Suffered a Heart Attack
“Dream is not that which you see while sleeping it is something that does not let you sleep.”
― A P J Abdul Kalam