~ Unknown Facts About Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Will Only Make You Miss Him More ~

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He was born to a boatman father. His life is a living example that no matter where you come from, you can always make a difference. Live a life like Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. He has served the nation in numerous ways possible. Receiving the greatest civilian honor, The Bharat Ratna and being the man of his words. We can only hope that more people in our country, turn out to be legends like him.
Let the 2020 dream that he saw for our nation come true. That is only a little something we can do for him, after all that he has done for the nation.

May those wings be always on fire to make us strive for something bigger and better every time.
In the honor of the one of the most loved President of India, here are some lesser known facts about him that will make you want to shed a tear.
RIP Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

You will always be missed.



He loved kids and he has always been very, very humble to them. And that is certainly why he is the most loved president.



He always had time for kids and youngsters who would request to meet him. He would not only meet them but listen to every single bit they had to say.

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We know that he was a caring man. He cared not only about man, but those harmless living beings that can't speak for themselves- The Birds.



He rejected the idea of putting broken pieces of glass on the exposed periphery of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) . The building needed protection, and he sat in the meeting to discuss the various ideas. He rejected the idea of broken glasses, because that might hurt the birds.

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Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam has donated all his life savings to a trust he founded called PURA (Providing Urban Amenities to Rural Areas).



Knowing that the government of India takes care of all Presidents, he donated all his life savings to the trust he founded. PURA is dedicated to provide urban living standards and facilities to the people living in the rural areas.

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Dr. Kalam wrote his own thank you cards. He found time out of his busy schedule, to thank the people who love him.



A fellow Quoran Naman Narain sent a hand made a sketch of Dr. Kalam. In return Dr. Kalam sent him a handwritten, thank you card. Ain't that just the sweetest thing to happen!

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This one time during a speech lights went out. So with little or no security, he stepped into the crowd and delivered his speech.



Just when Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam was announced the next President of India, he was asked to deliver a speech at a school. 400 students awaited his address. In the middle of the speech, the light went out. He stepped in the middle of 400 students and made sure that his voice reached each and every one of them.

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He also *surprise visited* his students at night to encourage them for the event to follow.



This was back in the time , when Dr, Kalam was not the president of the India. He was supposed to go and speak in an event tomorrow morning. But instead he dropped in the event space a night before to surprise his students, to encourage them. He said, "I wanted to meet the real hardworking people."

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He never minded running a little late on his schedule, for his students. What they ever asked him, they got it.



Quoran Himanshu Rai says that this one time when Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam was at IIM Ahmedabad addressing a class of 60 students, they wanted a picture with him. But after lunch, Dr. Kalam was running late. The organiser tried to tell students about the situation. But Dr. Kalam was so humble to step forward and let the students click some pictures with him.

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Just because his chair was bigger than everyone else's in size, he refused to sit in it.



At a recent convocation at IIT Varanasi, Dr. Kalam refused to sit in a chair that was designated for him. There were 5 chairs on the stage, one of them that had his name on it was bigger than all the other chairs and was kept in the middle. A similar looking chair was brought for the former president of India, thereafter.

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Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam surprised a subordinate by fulfilling his promise to his kids.



Dr. Kalam's subordinate wanted to get off work early that day because he promised his kids that he would take them to the museum. The work pressure was really bad those day at DRDO, but Dr. Kalam allowed. But apparently, he got so engrossed in work that he forgot that he had to go early.
Dr. Kalam has been observing him for days and knew what might happen. So he surprised his kids at 5:15 in the evening and took them to the museum.

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While serving his tenure as the president of India he wrote asked a question on Yahoo.



"What should we do to free our planet from terrorism?", asked Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam to all the people out there, who had ideas. And Kiran Bedi, Sri Sri Ravishankar and many people tried to help him. The nation would only progress when we all take part to make it a better place and that is what Dr. Kalam always wanted from us.

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Dr. Kalam was a man of highest honor. He was humble and dedicated his whole life to our Country. Till his last breadth he was every inch of what he said.



The least we can do is strive for each and every dream of his. Make sure that everything he ever wanted comes true. Let's make India the perfect nation he always wanted it to be.

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