He also received honorary doctorates from thirty universities and the country’s three highest civilian honors - Padma Bhushan (1981), Padma Vibhushan (1990), and Bharat Ratna (1997). Kalam also played a pivotal role in India’s Pokhran-II nuclear test in 1998, the first since India’s initial nuclear test in 1974. Kalam is popularly known as the Missile Man of India for developing ballistic missiles and space rocket technology. He was responsible for the development of India’s first satellite launch vehicle, the SLV-3. During his term as President, he was popularly known as the People’s President. On top of this, he also served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. He was an Aerospace engineer, professor, and chancellor of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology. Abdul Kalam was one of India’s most distinguished scientists.
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