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‘THE STORY OF MY LIFE HAS BECOME INTERTWINED WITH THE STORY OF THIS COUNTRY. AND SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, AS I MET A MILLION CHILDREN ACROSS THIS LAND, I TOO LEARNT FROM A MILLION MINDS. THIS BOOK WAS NOT WRITTEN TO ONLY TELL MY STORY. I WANT EVERY YOUNG READER TO THINK THAT THIS BOOK IS HIS OR HER STORY TOO.”
Born on 15 October 1931, at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, Dr Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam specialized in Aeronautical Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology, Dr Kalam was a distinguished scientist and was awarded the Padma Bhushan (1981), the Padma Vibhushan (1990) and India’s highest civilian award. the Bharat Ratna (1997)
Dr Kalam became the eleventh President of India on 25 July 2002. His focus and greatest ambition was finding ways to transform India into a developed nation.
