APJ ABDUL KALAM KO GREAT SALAAM

Our beloved ex president, genius scientist, missile man, Bharat-Ratna APJ ABDUL KALAM is no more. He had gone to IIM, Shilong to give a lecture on ‘Livable Planet Earth’. He was called Missile Man. His was the major role in sending India in space and achieving Missile capacity. His ‘Agni’ and ‘Prithwi’ ballistic missiles made national security stronger. He had special interest in literature and music. He was inspiration of our youth. He was elected as 11^th president of India on 18^th July 2002. He took oath of the post on 25^th July, 2002. His period ended on 25^th July, 2007.

                                                                                                               Ex President, Dr Abul Pakir jainulabdin Abdul Kalam was born on 15^th October, 1931 in a middle class Muslim family at the village Dhanushkodi of the historical famous spiritual (Related to Lord Rama, the famous Setu Bandh Rameshwaram, the worship place of Lord Shiva by Lord Rama before making the famous bridge and after conquering

Lanka) small coastal town Rameshwaram, Tamilnadu. Mr Abul was his great grand father, Mr Pakir was his grand father and Mr Jainulabdin was his father. His father used to give boat on rent to fishermen. Kalam had four brothers and five sisters. I have visited Kalam’s house where he spent his child hood. He started his primary education in the age of five in the Panchayat Primary School. He had to sell news papers also to continue his study. He studied his high school period in Ramnathpuram School. He did graduation (B.SC.) in 1950 from St. Josef College Tricharapalli.  He graduated in Space Science in 1957 from Madras Institute of Technology and started job in HAL Bengaluru in 1958. He joined in VIkram Sarabhai Space Research Centre Thumba in 1960. He came to Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in 1962.