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Are you Looking for APJ Abdul Kalam Age, Birthday, awards, Net Worth, Wife, Family, salary etc..? Find the latest complete information. A.P.J Abdul Kalam was born on October 15, 1931, in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam is a Space Scientist known for his famous the 11th President of India, is also popularly known as the Missile Man.

Full Name	Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam
Nickname	Missile Man, People’s President
Profession	Professor, Author, Aerospace Scientist

Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters– 163 cm in meters– 1.63 m feet inches– 5’ 4”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms– 60 kg in pounds– 132 lbs
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Grey
Personal Life
Table of Contents Toggle APJ Abdul Kalam Date of Birth 15 October 1931 APJ Abdul Kalam Birth Place Rameswaram, Ramnad District, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu, India APJ Abdul Kalam Date of Death 27 July 2015 Age (at the time of death) 83 Years APJ Abdul Kalam Awards/Honours 1981: Padma Bhushan by the Government of India 1990: Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India 1997: Bharat Ratna by the Government of India 1998: Veer Savarkar Award by the Government of India 2007: King Charles II Medal by Royal Society, UK 2009: Hoover Medal by ASME Foundation, USA 2013: Von Braun Award by National Space Society 2014: Doctor of Science by Edinburgh University, UK APJ Abdul Kalam Famous Books Famous Quotes by abdul kalam Institutes/Places Named After Him Controversies Abj Favorite Subject(s) Mathematics, Physics APJ Abdul Kalam Net Worth In material terms, the “People’s President” owned 2,500 books, a Veena, a wrist watch, a CD Player, a laptop, 6 shirts, 4 trousers, 3 suits and a pair of shoes, his ancestral house and a small site near the house in Rameswaram. Books By Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Books On Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Abdul Kalam Quotes Related Posts APJ Abdul Kalam Date of Birth	15 October 1931
APJ Abdul Kalam Birth Place	Rameswaram, Ramnad District, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu, India
APJ Abdul Kalam Date of Death	27 July 2015
Place of Death	Shillong, Meghalaya, India
Age (at the time of death)	83 Years
Death Cause	Cardiac arrest (Stroke)
Resting Place	Pei Karumbu, Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Libra

Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India
School	Schwartz Higher Secondary School, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu, India
College/University	St. Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India Madras Institute of Technology, Chromepet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Educational Qualification	Bachelor of Science in Physics from Saint Joseph’s College, the University of Madras in 1954 A Degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Madras Institute of Technology in 1960

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Family	Father– Jainulabiddin Marakayar (A boat owner and Imam of a local Mosque) Mother– Ashiamma Jainulabiddin (Housewife Brothers– Kasim Mohammed, Mustafa Kamal, Mohammed Muthu Meera Lebbai Maraikayar Sister– Asim Zohra (eldest)
Religion	Islam
Ethnicity	Tamil Muslim
Hobbies	Playing Veena, Delivering Motivational Lectures, Walking, Listening to Indian Classical Music
APJ Abdul Kalam Awards/Honours	1981: Padma Bhushan by the Government of India 1990: Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India 1997: Bharat Ratna by the Government of India 1998: Veer Savarkar Award by the Government of India 2007: King Charles II Medal by Royal Society, UK 2009: Hoover Medal by ASME Foundation, USA 2013: Von Braun Award by National Space Society 2014: Doctor of Science by Edinburgh University, UK
APJ Abdul Kalam Famous Books	1998: India 2020 1999: Wings Of Fire 2002: Ignited Minds 2006: Indomitable Spirit 2012: Turning Points [ads2]
Famous Quotes by abdul kalam	• All Birds find shelter during a rain. But Eagle avoids rain by flying above the Clouds. • Man needs difficulties in life because they are necessary to enjoy success. • If you want to shine like a sun. First, burn like a sun. • All of us do not have equal talent. But, all of us have an equal opportunity to develop our talents. • Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness. • Without your involvement, you can’t succeed. With your involvement, you can’t fail. • Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow. • Science is a beautiful gift to humanity; we should not distort it. • You have to dream before your dreams can come true. • Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended. • Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow. • Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.
Institutes/Places Named After Him	30 July 2015: Uttar Pradesh State Government renamed Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU) to “A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University.” 31 July 2015: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Memorial Travancore Institute of Digestive Diseases, Kerala. 4 August 2015: A new academic complex at Mahatma Gandhi University in Kerala was named after him. 16 August 2015: The Puducherry Government announced that the newly inaugurated science centre-cum-planetarium would be named after former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. August 2015: Kerala Technological University was renamed to A P J Abdul Kalam Technological University. September 2015: Wheeler Island, a national missile test site in Odisha, was renamed Abdul Kalam Island. May 2017: NASA named a new organism discovered by them after the much-loved A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. The new organism — a form of bacteria — has been found only on the International Space Station (ISS) and has not been found on earth! Researchers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the foremost lab of NASA for work on interplanetary travel, discovered the new bacteria on the filters of the International Space Station (ISS) and named it Solibacillus kalamii.
Controversies	• During his tenure as the President of India, Kalam was criticised for his inaction in deciding the fate of 20 out of the 21 mercy petitions submitted to him. He acted on only one mercy plea in his 5-year tenure, rejecting the plea of rapist Dhananjoy Chatterjee, who was later hanged. Perhaps the most notable plea was from Afzal Guru who was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court of India in 2004. The pending action on his mercy plea resulted in him remaining on death row. • In 2005, Kalam also took the controversial decision to impose President’s Rule in Bihar. • In 2011, civil groups criticised him over his stand on the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant as he supported the establishment of the nuclear power plant and was accused of not speaking with the local people.
Favourite Things
Abj Favorite Subject(s)	Mathematics, Physics
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Wife/Spouse	N/A
Children	None
Money Factor
APJ Abdul Kalam Net Worth	In material terms, the “People’s President” owned 2,500 books, a Veena, a wrist watch, a CD Player, a laptop, 6 shirts, 4 trousers, 3 suits and a pair of shoes, his ancestral house and a small site near the house in Rameswaram.

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Books By Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium (co-authored with Yagnaswami Sundara Rajan, 1998)
Wings of Fire: An Autobiography (1999)
Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India (2002)
The Luminous Sparks (2004)
Inspiring Thoughts (2007)
You Are Born To Blossom: Take My Journey Beyond (co-authored with Arun Tiwari, 2011)
Turning Points: A journey Through Challenges (2012)
A Manifesto for Change: A Sequel to India 2020 (co-authored with V. Ponraj, 2014)
Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji (co-authored with Arun Tiwari, 2015)