July 27

The 11th President of India, Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, was an Indian aerospace scientist who lived from October 15, 1931, to July 27, 2015. He was in office from 2002 to 2007. He studied aerospace engineering and physics and was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu. He worked as a scientist and science administrator for the following four decades, primarily at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). He was heavily involved in both India's efforts to develop military missiles and its civilian space programme.
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