'Missile Man' Abdul Kalam: Know 5 unknown facts about people's President
New Delhi, July 28: Indeed it's great loss for the entire country which lost its beloved former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Monday night. Popularly known as "Missile Man", Kalam had heart of the gold.
Despite achieving such a stupendous success on every front in life, he always believed in simplicity and humility.
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People know him as a renowned scientist, played a pivotal role in giving spur to India's space technology. But very few would be aware about multifaceted life of Kalam.
Here is 5 unknown facts about his life which proves that he was man of the mass who believed in low profile lifestyle.
When
Kalam
refused
to
sit
on
President's
chair
In
one
of
the
event
when
President
Kalam
was
offered
special
seat
to
him,
he
had
refused
the
offer.
The
reason
being
the
chair
was
bigger
in
the
size
and
was
meant
to
give
Kalam
special
honour.
The incident was of IIT (BHU) Varanasi where Kalam was called as the chief guest. Five chairs were arranged on the state, one for Kalam in the cenre and other four for top university officials.
When Missile Man was told to sit on the chair he took notice of it and humbly offered the seat to university official instead.
Magnanimous nature of Kalam
Once Kalam ordered not to put broken glass on the wall for its protection as it will harm birds. This had happened when he used to serve at Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
When Organization had planned to put glass on the wall as a protection cover, Kalam rejected the idea without thinking it twice. "If we do that, birds will not be able to perch on the wall", people's President Kalam had said.
Once Kalam addressed 400 students without electricity at the place
Reportedly, soon after becoming president in 2002, he was supposed to address students at a school function.
When he was about to start his speech, the electricity suddenly went off. Nothing was working but Kalam remained nonchalant. He told huge crowd of students to gather him around listen him.
Kalam gave the mesmerizing lecture without any interruption for hours. Such was the aura of the Kalam.
When
Kalam
asked
what
he
should
do
with
his
saved
money
One
must
not
aware
about
the
fact
that
after
becoming
president
of
India,
Kalam
had
donated
all
his
saved
money
for
the
social
cause.
Reportedly
he
had
given
money
to
'Pura'
an
ngo
working
in
the
remote
areas
to
provide
villagers
basic
infrastructures.
When he was at the president post, Kalam had once called Amul's owner Verghese Kurian asking him what he should do with his money as government of India will take care of him lifelong.
Kalam used to read both Kuran, Bhagvad Gita
Muslim by religion, he believed in all religion. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam used to read both Kuran, Bhagvad Gita. Not only that he was expert in playing Saraswati,Veena.
Truly, Kalam was a man who believed in serving the humankind with love and magnanimous attitude.