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    Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam was an Indian scientist and politician who played a leading role in developing India's missile and nuclear weapons programs. He served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. Some of his key accomplishments included helping develop India's first satellite launch vehicle and ballistic missile as part of the Defense Research and Development Organization and Indian Space Research Organization. As a scientist, he was given the honorific "Missile Man" for his work. Kalam also proposed a plan to transform India into a developed nation by 2020 through increased technology use and improvements in agriculture, healthcare, and education. He remained committed to using science and technology to develop India even after his presidency ended, until his death in 2015 while delivering

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    Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam was an Indian scientist and politician who played a leading role in developing India's missile and nuclear weapons programs. He served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. Some of his key accomplishments included helping develop India's first satellite launch vehicle and ballistic missile as part of the Defense Research and Development Organization and Indian Space Research Organization. As a scientist, he was given the honorific "Missile Man" for his work. Kalam also proposed a plan to transform India into a developed nation by 2020 through increased technology use and improvements in agriculture, healthcare, and education. He remained committed to using science and technology to develop India even after his presidency ended, until his death in 2015 while delivering

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    Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam was an Indian scientist and politician who played a leading role in developing India's missile and nuclear weapons programs. He served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. Some of his key accomplishments included helping develop India's first satellite launch vehicle and ballistic missile as part of the Defense Research and Development Organization and Indian Space Research Organization. As a scientist, he was given the honorific "Missile Man" for his work. Kalam also proposed a plan to transform India into a developed nation by 2020 through increased technology use and improvements in agriculture, healthcare, and education. He remained committed to using science and technology to develop India even after his presidency ended, until his death in 2015 while delivering

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    Seventh Day Adventist Higher

    Secondary School
    #98 Spencer Road, Frazer Town, Bangalore-05

    History & Civics Project


    Submitted in partial fulfilment of ICSE Board
    requirements for the year 2021-2022

    Topic-Life Sketch and contribution of


    Dr.APJ.Abdul Kalam

    Submitted by-Mahesh.P

    Class & Sec - X ‘H’ (ICSE)

    Submitted to- Mrs. Merlin Mary K

    Thank You.
    INDEX
    Acknowledgement
    I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to
    my teacher (Name of the teacher) as well as our
    principal (Name of the principal)who gave me the
    golden opportunity to do this wonderful project on the
    topic (Write the topic name), which also helped me in
    doing a lot of Research and i came to know about so
    many new things I am really thankful to them.
    Secondly i would also like to thank my parents and
    friends who helped me a lot in finalizing this project
    within the limited time frame.
    Bibliography
    https://www.britannica.com/biography/A-P-J-Abdul-
    Kalam
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam
    Intoduction
    A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, in full Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul
    Kalam, (born October 15, 1931, Rameswaram, India—died
    July 27, 2015, Shillong), Indian scientist and politician who
    played a leading role in the development of India’s missile
    and nuclear weapons programs. He was president of India
    from 2002 to 2007. Kalam earned a degree in aeronautical
    engineering from the Madras Institute of Technology and in
    1958 joined the Defence Research and Development
    Organisation (DRDO). In 1969 he moved to the Indian Space
    Research Organisation, where he was project director of
    the SLV-III, the first satellite launch vehicle that was both
    designed and produced in India. Rejoining DRDO in 1982,
    Kalam planned the program that produced a number of
    successful missiles, which helped earn him the nickname
    “Missile Man.” Among those successes wasAgni, India’s first
    intermediate-range ballistic missile, which incorporated
    aspects of the SLV-III and was launched in 1989.
    From 1992 to 1997 Kalam was scientific adviser to the
    defense minister, and he later served as principal scientific
    adviser (1999–2001) to the government with the rank of
    cabinet minister. His prominent role in the country’s 1998
    nuclear weapons tests solidified India as a nuclear power and
    established Kalam as a national hero, although the tests
    caused great concern in the international community. In 1998
    Kalam put forward a countrywide plan called Technology
    Vision 2020, which he described as a road map for
    transforming India from a less-developed to a developed
    society in 20 years. The plan called for, among other
    measures, increasing agricultural productivity,
    emphasizing technology as a vehicle for economic growth,
    and widening access to health care and education.
    In 2002 India’s ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
    put forward Kalam to succeed outgoing President Kocheril
    Raman Narayanan. Kalam was nominated by the Hindu
    nationalist (Hindutva) NDA even though he was Muslim, and
    his stature and popular appeal were such that even the main
    opposition party, the Indian National Congress, also
    proposed his candidacy. Kalam easily won the election and
    was sworn in as India’s 11th president, a largely ceremonial
    post, in July 2002. He left office at the end of his term in 2007
    and was succeeded by Pratibha Patil, the country’s first
    woman president.
    Upon returning to civilian life, Kalam remained committed to
    using science and technology to transform India into a
    developed country and served as a lecturer at several
    universities. On July 27, 2015, he collapsed while delivering a
    lecture at the Indian Institute of Management Shillong and
    was pronounced dead from cardiac arrest soon afterward.
    Kalam wrote several books, including an
    autobiography, Wings of Fire (1999). Among his numerous
    awards were two of the country’s highest honours, the Padma
    Vibhushan (1990) and the Bharat Ratna (1997).
    Introduction

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