The Timeline of Kalam
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1931 : Born Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam on October 15, in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu.
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1954 : Graduates in Physics from Saint Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli, in 1954.
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1960 : Gains degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology.
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1969 : Transferred to ISRO from the DRDO.
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1980 : India enters the space club by putting the Rohini satellite in the near earth orbit with the first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III), developed under the stewardship of Dr. Kalam.
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1980s-1990s : As the chief of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme, he was responsible for the development and operationalisation of AGNI and PRITHVI Missiles.
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1992-1999 : works as Chief Scientific Advisor to the PM and Secretary of the DRDO.
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1998 : India conducts the Pokhran II nuclear tests in May with Dr. Kalam as the chief project coordinator.
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1999-2001 : Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India.
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2002-2007 : President of India
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He passed away on July 27, 2015 after collapsing during a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management in Shillong.