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Write about life and contributions of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

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Dr. Abul Pakir Jainulabdin Abdul Kalam was bom on 15th October 1931. After obtaining his primary education at Rameshwararm, he moved to Schwartz Higher Secondary School in the neighbouring Ramanathpuram to study science. Then he studied Aeronautical Engineering at Madras University of Technology.

Dr. Kalam worked as a senior scientist of Defence Research and Development Organisation to work on hovercraft project. In 1962, he was sent to Indian Space Research Organisation to work on various projects.

He was given the charge of SLV project and SLV-3 was successfully launched after that. Eventually, he was given the charge of Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) which enabled India to successfully test fire various missiles, like Prithvi, Agni, Trishul, Nag and Akash. He also lead the test explosion at Pokharan in 1958.



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