Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (kuteerera); 15 Gumiguru 1931 <unk> 27 Chikunguru 2015) aive musayendisiti wezvemuchadenga akashanda semutungamiri wechi11 weIndia kubva muna 2002 kusvika 2007. Akazvarwa uye akakurira muRameswaram, Tamil Nadu uye akadzidza fizikisi uye aerospace engineering. Akapedza makumi mana emakore anotevera semusayendisiti uye sainzi maneja, kunyanya kuDefense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) neIndian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) uye aibatanidzwa zvakanyanya muhurongwa hwevanhu vekuIndia uye zvehondo zvombo zvekuvandudza. Saka akazozivikanwa seMissile Man of India nekuda kwebasa rake rekuvandudza missile ballistic uye kuvhura mota tekinoroji. Akaitawo basa rakakosha musangano, hunyanzvi, uye zvematongerwo enyika muIndia's Pokhran-II kuyedza nyukireya muna 1998, yekutanga yenyukireya kuyedza kuyedza muIndia muna 1974.
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