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APJ Kalam : Missile Man

Full name of 'Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam' was 'Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam'. He was born on October 15, 1931 at Dhanushkothi in the temple town Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu. He was born in a poor family, but he was an exceptionally brilliant child.

Kalam passed the B.Sc. examination from Saint Joseph College, Thiruchirapalli. He joined Madras Institute of Technology (MIT). His further knowledge in the field got upgraded when he joined Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) in 1958 and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in 1963. He is known as the Missile Man of India. The various Indian Missiles of world order like Prithvi, Trishul, Akash, Agni, etc. are mainly the result of his efforts and caliber.

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam became the 11th President of India. He served the country from 2002 to 2007. For his excellence and brilliance, he was awarded the prestigious Bharat Ratna in 1998; Padma Vibhushan in 1990; and Padma Bhushan in 1981.

Dr Kalam expired on Monday 27 July 2015. He suddenly fell unconscious when he was delivering a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management at Shillong. On 30 July 2015, the former President was laid to rest at Rameswaram's Pei Karumbu Ground with full state honours. Over 350,000 people attended the last rites, including the Prime Minister, the governor of Tamil Nadu and the chief ministers of Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh.

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was mainly interested in work. He was a bachelor. He was not interested in going abroad. He wanted to serve his motherland first. He said that he thinks his first and foremost duty is to serve his motherland. He was fond of music and the Koran and the Gita. Ever since becoming the head of the Indian State, he had been having interaction with children all over the country. He was by no means a miracle man. His advice to the youngster of the nation was to "dream dream and convert these into thoughts and later into actions". 

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3 Success Stories In Short

1.Nelson Mandela :

Late Mandela is one of the most respected people around the world and South Africa. He faced a long struggle of 27 long years before being elected as the President of South Africa. During his time span in the jail, he kept a scrap of paper, which had the famous lines by William Ernest Henley, named “Invictus.” The lines stated “I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.”

2.Walt Disney : 

A man who needs no introduction is Late Walt Disney; he was the owner and founder of the Walt Disney Inc. He lived in our hearts and minds over the years. A dropout from school at the age of 16 years, Walt Disney was rejected from the army due to his underage. After a lot of struggle, he got his first job was as a cartoonist at the local newspaper. The profession did not stay for long and he moved towards designing ads for newspapers. After a few years he and his brother, took over a company named Laugh-O-Gram, which went Bankrupt. Laugh-O-Gram was the first step to Walt Disney and the rest is history as we know it.

3.Thomas Edison : 

Thomas Edison is first on our list, he is also known as the master of trial and error. It took him years and years to discover one of the most important discoveries for the mankind. He failed almost 10000 times before inventing the light bulb. However, every time someone asked him about his failure, he replied that he has not failed, but found 10000 ways to know why it won’t work. As a child, his teachers always told his parents that he would never succeed in life due to his slow brain. Nevertheless, unlike everyone’s assumptions and beliefs, he came out to be a clear winner.

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