Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam dreamed of becoming a fighter pilot but missed the opportunity by one spot. He was knowledgeable in both the Bhagavad Gita and Quran and was skilled in playing the veena and saraswati. As President of India, Kalam donated his salaries to a charitable trust and signed his own thank you cards. Despite dangers, he remained calm in emergency situations and dedicated his life to serving the nation without owning much property himself.

1. UNKNOWN FACTS
ABOUT APJ
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3. APJ HOME

4. AVUL PAKIR JAINULABDEEN
ABDUL KALAM

5. DREAMS AND TALENTS
He dreamt of becoming a fighter pilot, but could not
realise it since he secured the ninth position in the Indian
Air Force selection, when only eight slots were available.
. Dr. Kalam is a scholar of Thirukkural (a classic of
couplets or Kurals). In most of his speeches, he quotes
at least one kural.

6. BROUGHT UP IN MULTIRELIGIOUS
ENVIRONMENT
Although he was a Muslim, He used to read both
Bhagvad Gita and Quran, and along with that he was
expert in playing Saraswati and Veena.

7. FAVOURITE DISH
Kalam was a vegetarian, and was very fond of his
mother’s cooked food, such as rice and sambar with
coconut chutney, vendhya kozhambu and puliyodare.

8. TWITTER
The youth loves him for his interactive and easily
approachable nature, and has got 1.37 Million followers
on Twitter

11. THE WAY HE SPEND HIS
SALARY
 President earned his first wages at the age of 8 when he
started selling newspapers in his neighbourhood.
 After becoming president of India, Kalam donated his
salaries and savings to a trust he had founded, called PURA
 He said that after becoming India's president, he would be
looked after by the government till the end of his life, and so
he all his savings and salaries could be used for better things.

12. A QUESTION
 HE ASKED A QUESTION ON TERRORISM ON YAHOO
ANSWERS
 Kalam had asked, "What should we do to free our planet from
terrorism?" on Yahoo Answers, and received more than 30,000
answers.

14. APJ VS DEATH
In 2001, when he had boarded the helicopter from
Ranchi, on the way to Bokaro he was informed about
some issues with the helicopter’s rotor. Though, it was a
death alarm for the cockpit crew, but he composed
everyone with his signature smile and advised the two
pilots not to worry

15. THANK YOU CARDS
As humble and generous the man is, President Kalam is
known to sign his own thank you cards.
One instance is ,Naman Narain drew a sketch of Dr. Kalam
and sent it to the President. To his surprise, the President sent
him a thank you card, with a short handwritten message and
personalised with his signature.

17. PERSONAL LIFE
His personal and professional life was fully dedicated
to the nation, and was the first unmarried person to
become the President of India
Once he said "I was married to the missile." Kalam
dedicated his life for serving the nation.

18. PROPERTY
After Dr Kalam died in 2015, he had no other
property in his name other than his collection of books.
He never owned a television. His personal possessions
included his books, a veena, some articles of clothing, a
CD player and a laptop.

20. THANK YOU