A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

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President of India aerospace scientist author engineer human politician

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was an Indian aerospace scientist and the 11th President of India, widely revered as the "Missile Man of India" for his pivotal role in the country’s civilian space and military missile programs.

Aliases (2)

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam ×1
Missile Man of India ×1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	President of India → aerospace scientist → author → engineer → human → politician →
academicDegree	degree in aeronautical engineering →
almaMater	Madras Institute of Technology →
awardReceived	Bharat Ratna → Padma Bhushan → Padma Vibhushan →
burialPlace	Pei Karumbu, Rameswaram →
causeOfDeath	cardiac arrest →
countryOfCitizenship	India →
dateOfBirth	1931-10-15 →
dateOfDeath	2015-07-27 →
educatedAt	Madras Institute of Technology → St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli →
employer	Defence Research and Development Organisation → Indian Space Research Organisation →
ethnicGroup	Tamil →
familyName	Kalam →
fieldOfWork	aerospace engineering → missile technology → space research →
fullName	Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam →
givenName	Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen →
headOfGovernment	India →
knownFor	contributions to India's civilian space programme → contributions to India's military missile programme → role in India's nuclear weapons programme →
languageSpoken	English → Tamil →
nationality	Indian →
nickname	Missile Man of India →
notableWork	Ignited Minds → Indian ballistic missile programme → Indian space programme → Pokhran-II nuclear tests → Wings of Fire →
occupation	engineer → professor → scientist → writer →
officeEndTime	2007-07-25 →
officeStartTime	2002-07-25 →
placeOfBirth	British India → Madras Presidency → Rameswaram →
placeOfDeath	India → Meghalaya → Shillong →
positionHeld	11th President of India →
precededBy	K. R. Narayanan →
religion	Islam →
residence	Rashtrapati Bhavan →
stateOfBirth	Tamil Nadu →
succeededBy	Pratibha Patil →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam ("Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam") →	fullName
University of Madras →	hasNotableAlumni
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam ("Missile Man of India") →	nickname
Rameswaram →	notablePersonBornHere
Bharat Ratna →	notableRecipient