Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam who is popularly known as APJ Abdul Kalam is one of the most influential personalities of India a great scientist. This former president of India ie., 11th president of India is a lot more than just a political figure. He is a scientist, thinker, Inspiration and a youth icon. Undoubtedly he is in true sense “the missile man” of India. Though his life is an open book, there are few unknown facts about him which most of us don’t know. Let us have a look to them…
1. Kalam was Unmarried.
He is the first scientist and first unmarried person to become the President of India.2.Received Bharat Ratna.
Kalam is the third President of India to have been honoured with a Bharat Ratna before being elected to the chair of President. The Bharat Ratna was conferred on Dr. Kalam by K. R. Narayanan who was then President of India.
3. Missile Man of India.
Kalam is popularly known as the Missile Man of India for his work on the development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology.
4. Distributed Newspaper After School Hours
He used to distribute newspapers after school hours in order to contribute to his father’s income and also his education.
5. Millions of Followers.
He has got 1.37M of followers on Twitter
6. The Only Cricketer He Followed in Twitter Is VVS Laxman.
7. Abdul Kalam School.
8. Kalam Quotes At Least One Kural During his Speech.
Dr. Kalam is a scholar of Thirukkural (a classic of couplets or Kurals). In most of his speeches, he quotes at least one kural.
9. Wake Ups at 4 am.
Kalam used to get up at 4 am, bathe, and then go for his mathematics class, which was taught by a teacher who took only five students in the whole session; and bathing before class was a condition he had laid to all his students.
10. Kalams Mentor
Dr. Vikram Sarabhai acted as the mentor and guide of Kalam. He gave Kalam valuable advice on how to always reach for the stars.
11. First Major Project SLV 3-Failed.
When Dr Kalam’s first major project SLV 3-failed the first time he was almost shattered.
12. Chief Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and Secretary.
He was the Chief Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and Secretary, Department of Defence Research & Development (July 1992 to December 1999). Pokhran-2 nuclear tests were conducted under his leadership.
13. Kalam Was Criticized For Lackadaisical Approach.
According to the Article 72, of the Constitution of India, the President of India has the power to grant pardon, suspend and remit death sentences and commute the death sentence of convicts on death row. But he didn’t apply those powers on the mercy petitions of the 20 convicts. Kalam was judged for inaction as a President in deciding the fate of 20 out of the 21 mercy petitions. So he was criticized for this issue.
14. Graduated from Madras Institute of Technology in Aeronautical Engineering.
He graduated from Madras Institute of Technology in Aeronautical Engineering. He was Project Director at DRDO, where he played major role in the development of India’s first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III).
15. Inspirational Hindi film.
I Am Kalam which was released in 2011 is an inspirational Hindi film. Here Kalam is portrayed as an extremely positive influence to a poor but bright Rajasthani boy Chhotu, who renames himself Kalam in honour of his idol.
16. Youth Icon Award.
In 2003 and in 2006 he was nominated for the MTV Youth Icon of the Year award.
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