Abul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, usually referred as Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was born on October 15, 1931, in Tamil Nadu. He was the eleventh President of India and served from 2002 to 2007. Before his term as president, he was a distinguished engineering visionary and was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1997 for his role as scientific advisor to the Indian government.
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