Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam?The Missile Man of India

Posted by louiswilliam729 on April 19th, 2018

In the election held on July 15, 2002, Dr. A.P.J. Kalam, a renowned scientist of the country, was elected with an overwhelming majority.   

The election of Dr. Kalam, the son of a poor boatman from Tamil Nadu, is a tribute not only to the sterling qualities of this man but to the democratic process of the country.   

This 'missile man' of India, is a real visionary who rose to become Scientific Advisor to Prime Minister by sheer hard work and intelligence.   

He's a man with a vision.On his election to the highest office in the nation, Dr. Kalam said, "I am indeed delighted to have become President.   

I thank God, my parents along with the great heads of India for having got me the standing of First Citizen."  His message to the state was : "We want a vision, another Vision 2020, for the nation to get India transformed into a developed nation in 20 years."Dr. Kalam was born at Dhanushkodi (Rameshwaram) in Tamil Nadu on October 15, 1931.   After having received his education at Schwartz High School, he graduated from St. Joseph College, Tiruchirapalli. He obtained his degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology, Madras in 1957.

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He designed and developed a vertical take- off and landing platform.   He later joined the Space Research Organisation.

He is notorious for introducing Fibre Reinforced Plastics (FRP).    His team succeeded in putting Rohini into orbit in July 1980. That brought him into lime light.Kalam was honoured with Padma Bhushan in 1981.   He was now assigned accountable for the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme, a large need of the Defence Services of the country. Under his guidance his team succeeded in developing and successfully analyzing Trishul(1985), Prithvi(1988), Agni(1989) and also their more improved versions in the upcoming few years.   

He was awarded the nation's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in October 1998.Kalam played a crucial part in the Pokharan atomic bomb burst in 1988 that placed  India on the atomic map of the world. Dr. Kalam is a real patriot and a great citizen. He loves music and poetry.

He is a versatile genius, a strict vegetarian and a teetotaler. A man filled with energy, vision and spirit, he looks upon the children of India as harbingers of a new revolution that could transform India to a modern developed nation throughout the following 20 years.Well versed in the Bhagvad Gita in addition to the sacred Quran, he quotes richly from these great books and considers : 'Religion is a way of making friends.   It's the small men only who use it as a fighting tool.'Truly secular to the core, he believes in the religion of Humanity and the brotherhood of nations. He wants his country to become strong, strong and prosperous. May he live long to direct the fate of the great country!"