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Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam on 27th July 2015
Great Indian Personalities
11th President of India
Bhart Ratna
In office: 25 July 2002 – 25 July 2007Prime Minister: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Manmohan Singh
Vice President: Krishan Kant
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Preceded by K. R. Narayanan
Succeeded by Pratibha Patil
Personal details
Born Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam
15 October 1931
Rameswaram, Ramanathapuram District, Madras Presidency, British India
(now in Tamil Nadu, India)
Died 27 July 2015 (aged 83), 19:45 IST
Shillong, Meghalaya, India
Alma mater St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli
Madras Institute of Technology
Profession: Professor, Author
Aerospace scientist
Website abdulkalam.com
Kalam was the 3rd President of India to receive honour of Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour. President Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1954) and Dr Zakir Hussain (1963) were the earlier recipients of Bharat Ratna first and later became the President of India. He was also the first scientist and the first bachelor to reside in Rashtrapati Bhawan.
