His demise has resulted in the government announcing a seven-day long national mourning, even as many states declared Tuesday as a holidays for schools and colleges.
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After a ceremonial guard of honour in the presence of the three service chiefs, Kalam’s body was brought in an army vehicle to his official residence at 10, Rajaji Marg in central Delhi.
Noting that Kalam was a unique personality who embodied rare intellectual brilliance and an undying scientific zeal, Ms. Mahajan said he worked his way to become the driving force behind India’s space and missile programmes.
“Considered a great and honest friend to Seychelles, he will be sorely missed”.
Rameswaram: Former president A P J Abdul Kalam had called up his family from Shillong a day before his death to enquire about the health of his 99-year-old brother, Mohd.
Seychelles is a founding member of the global Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP) .
CREMATION ON THURSDAY The last rites of former president Abdul Kalam will take place with full military honours in his hometown Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu on Thursday. He tweeted that “India mourns the loss of a great scientist, a wonderful President & above all an inspiring individual”. “The test resulted in sanctions against the country but helped elevate Mr Kalam to the status of folk hero in his country”, the Post said in its obituary.
MR NARENDRA MODI, Indian Prime Minister, on former president A.P.J. The entire nation has been shaken with the sudden death of the “People’s Man”.
Singer Adnan Sami said that Dr Abdul Kalam loved every element of life. Kalam Azad was an Indian freedom fighter. “Not just me, everyone who met him will agree that one thing that touched everyone was his simplicity which got people attached to him”, Ganguly told IANS. Parliament will also remain closed till tomorrow. A practising Muslim, he involved himself in the country’s broader culture, studying Indian classical music and, a biographer said, committing to memory sections of the Bhagavad Gita, one of Hinduism’s most sacred texts.
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However, when this message did go viral, people not only believed it, but also countered the argument with another unverified quote attributed to the former President.
