Remembering 'People's President' APJ Abdul Kalam on his birth anniversary

Tributes poured on social media on Saturday on the occasion of former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam's 91st birth anniversary.

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Born in 1931 in Tamil Nadu, he was the first scientist to become India's president.

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Leading the tributes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared a video remembering Kalam.

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Dr APJ Abdul Kalam was elected as India’s 11th president from 2002-2007.

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He died in 2015 while he was delivering a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management Shillong at the age of 84.

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