The 12th President of India‚ Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam‚ was born on October 15‚ 1931 at Dhanushkothi in the temple town Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu. He was born in the poor family of a boatmaker. But he was an exceptionally brilliant child. He became the first graduate in the large family when he passed the B.Sc. examination from Saint Joseph College‚ Thiruchirapalli. The Madras Institute of Technology (MIT) had newly been established in those days. He joined it and thus his whole
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up the country’s defence R & D Programmes‚ as also its technological capabilities in space and atomic energy. Born to an obscure middle-class family in a remote but spiritually supercharged island town at the southern tip of the Indian peninsula‚ Kalam progressed in sure and steady steps through childhood‚ among loving family members who sacrificed readily for him‚ through scholarship with devoted and inspirational teachers (Rameswaram Elementary School; Schwartz High School‚ Ramanathapuram; St.
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Universe exists. Therefore‚ the Universe has a cause and the cause is God. But if everything that exists has a cause‚ then what caused God? During the Islamic Golden Age‚ two men‚ Al-Kindi and Al-Ghazali‚ came up with an argument which we call the Kalam Cosmological argument. Since this was not written in Europe‚ it was pretty much ignored by most western philosophers. That was not until LaneCraig rediscovered it and wrote a doctoral thesis on it. The very simple criticism of who made God actually
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APJ ABDUL KALAM Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam born October 15‚ 1931‚ at Rameswaram‚ in Tamil Nadu ‚ Abdul Kalam was born in a middle-class family ‚ His mother tongue is Tamil. His father‚ a devout Muslim‚ owned boats which he rented out to local fishermen. His father‚ Jainulabdeen‚ possessed neither much formal education nor much wealth; despite these disadvantages‚ he possessed great innate wisdom and a true generosity of spirit. He had an ideal helpmate‚ his mother Ashiamma & three
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Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam pronunciation (help•info) (Tamil: அவுல் பகீர் ஜைனுலாப்தீன் அப்துல் கலாம்; born 15 October 1931) usually referred to as A. P. J. Abdul Kalam‚ is an Aerospace engineer‚ Professor and chancellor of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology‚ who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007.[1] During his term as President‚ he was popularly known as the People’s President.[2][3] He was awarded the Bharat Ratna‚ India’s highest civilian honour. Before
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Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam ([pic]i/ˈæbdʊl kəˈlɑːm/; born 15 October 1931) usually referred to as Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam‚ is an Indianscientist and administrator who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. Kalam was born and raised in Rameswaram‚ Tamil Nadu‚ studied physics at the St. Joseph’s College‚ Tiruchirappalli‚ and aerospace engineering at the Madras Institute of Technology (MIT)‚ Chennai. Before his term as President‚ he worked as an aerospace engineer with Defence
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just existing from no cause‚ let alone not a personal cause is just illogical. This universe has a contingency for God and the Kalam cosmological argument proves this. The Kalam cosmological argument is a well-organized argument for God that has been developed from Muslim philosophers al-Kindi and al-Ghazali‚ and has been reinvented by philosopher William Lane Craig. The Kalam argument is very simple and straightforward. It is dealt with as a series of dilemmas. Those dilemmas starts with since the
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Apj Abdul Kalam Dr. Apj Abdul Kalam The Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was born on 15 October 1931 at Dhanushkodi in the Rameswaram district of Tamil Nadu. He was neither educated abroad‚ nor was his family financially very strong to support his academic pursuits. His father‚ Jainulabiddin Marakayar had to rent boats out to fishermen to pay for his school fees. Mother Ashiamma‚ had gained much formal education. His father possessed great innate wisdom‚ true generosity of spirit and was
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APJ Abdul Kalam Speech Good morning everyone. I am going to talk about my inspiration Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. APJ Abdul Kalam?? Who is he he? Why is he famous? I know that all these questions are bubbling in your mind and is ready to cool it down with the answers.Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam usually referred to as Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam‚ is an Indian scientist and administrator who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was born on 15 October 1931 in
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Short Biography: Born in Mecca where his forefathers had settled during the 1857 Revolt‚ Abul Kalam Azad came with his parents to India in 1898. Settled in Calcutta‚ he began participating in the freedom struggle by associating himself with the revolution¬aries during the swadeshi uprising. Through Al Hilal and Al Balagh‚ weeklies which he began in 1912 and 1915 respectively‚ he started spreading nationalistic thoughts. He came in contact with Gandhi and began lending support to the non-cooperation
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