Indian scientist
and administrator who served as the 11th President of India from
2002 to 2007.
Date-wise Events / Works
July 25, 2002:
Became President of India.
September 03, 2015:
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road is one of the roads in New
Delhi's Lutyen's Bunglow Zone in India. It was known as
Aurangzeb road. It was previously called
Aurangzeb Road and on this day it was renamed
to Dr. APJ Adbul Kalam Road by NDMC.
September 04, 2015:
The Odisha government on this day announced to
rename the Wheeler Island as Abdul Kalam Island.
The Wheeler Island is located approximately 10
kilometres off the Odisha coast on the Bay of Bengal.
The Island, which is about 2 kilometres in length and
390 acres, is considered as country's most
advanced missile testing site. The missiles
which were launched from the Wheeler Island include
Akash, Agni, Astra, BrahMos, Nirbhay, Prahaar, Prithvi,
Shaurya and Advanced Air Defence, and Prithvi Air
Defence.
July 27, 2015:
Prime
Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated his memorial at Pei
Karumbu in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu on this day. Mr Modi unveiled a
statue of Dr. Kalam and hoisted the National flag at the
memorial.
Mr.
Modi flagged off Kalam Sandesh Vahini, an exhibition bus
which will travel across the country and reach Rashtrapati
Bhavan on 15th of October, which marks the birth anniversary
of the former President.
Mr. Modi also flagged off a new
express train connecting the pilgrimage towns of Rameswaram
and Ayodhya and released the Green Rameswaram Project
initiated by the Kanyakumari-based Vivekananda Kendra.
Our correspondent reports that the majestic memorial
for the missile man Dr APJ Abdul Kalam has been designed
and built by the Defence Research and Development
Organization.
Other Events &
Developments
A true and complete
Indian.
He is known as the
Missile Man of India.
He completed his Aerospace
Engineering at Madras Institute of
Technology (MIT), Chennai, Tamil
Nadu, India.Then he worked a
Aerospace engineer at Defence
Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Space
Research Organisation(ISRO).
He made significant contribution
to development of ballistic
missiles, launch
vehicles technology and India’s
Pokhran-II nuclear tests in
1998.
He was the honorary fellow of
Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore and Chancellor of the
Indian Institute of Space Scence and
Technology, Thiruvananthapuram.
He advocated plans to develop
India into a developed
nation by 2020 in his book
India 2020.
He is known for his
motivational speeches and
interaction with the student
community in India.
He launched his mission for the
youth of the nation in 2011 called
the What Can I Give Movement
with a central theme to
defeat corruption in India.
