He was the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. Condoling the demise of Kalam, in a statement on July 31, the Chief Minister announced that his birth anniversary on October 15 will be celebrated by the State government as Youth Awakening Day and an award will be instituted in the name of Kalam. Abdul Kalam Technical University, which had been renamed in Dr. Kalam’s honour following his death.
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Kalam with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Republic Day, 2015. Urging students to read non-academic books in school as well, the students have been asked to leave their school bags at home. Kalam had been associated with the Missile Complex since 1982. Abdul Kalam, who was laid to rest at Pei Karumbu near Rameswaram, according to A.P.J.M.J.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam on his 84th birth anniversary.
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They would also attend Mr. Kalam’s commemorative stamp release function, he said. United Nations had declared Kalam’s birth anniversary as “World Students Day” in the year 2010 on his 79th birth anniversary. Students can send their entries as essay poem or drawings on their favorite President and can win prizes.
