Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was born on 15 October 1931, to a Tamil Muslim family in the pilgrimage centre of Rameswaram ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ

After leaving office, Kalam became a visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Management Shillong, the Indian Institute of Management … ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ

Kalam was the youngest of five siblings, the eldest of whom was a sister, Asim Zohra (d. 1997), followed by three elder brothers: … ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ

After graduating from the Madras Institute of Technology in 1960, Kalam joined the Aeronautical Development Establishment of the Defence Research and Development … ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ

Kalam served as the 11th president of India, succeeding K. R. Narayanan. He won the 2002 presidential election with an electoral vote of … ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ

On 27 July 2015, Kalam travelled to Shillong to deliver a lecture on "Creating a Livable Planet Earth" at the Indian Institute of Management Shillong. While climbing a flight of stairs, he … ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ

Religion and spirituality were very important to Kalam throughout his life. He made his own spiritual journey the subject of his final book, ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ