Today, Is a great loss to India. Bharat Ratna and Ex-President of India – Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam passes away. A great person and an inspiration for many people.

For the poeple who don’t know who, what kind of a person he is and what are his achievements. Here is a below a small introduction of one of the most trusted, respected and appreciated person in the history on India.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Awards and honours :-
2014——->Doctor of Science
2012——->Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa)
2011——->IEEE Honorary Membership
2010——->Doctor of Engineering
2009——->Honorary Doctorate
2009——->Hoover Medal
2009——->International von Kármán Wings Award
2008——->Doctor of Engineering (Honoris Causa)
2007——->King Charles II Medal
2007——->Honorary Doctorate of Science
2000——->Ramanujan Award
1998——->Veer Savarkar Award
1997——->Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration
1997——->Bharat Ratna
1994——->Distinguished Fellow
1990——->Padma Vibhushan
1981——->Padma Bhushan

He has wrote many books and was famous for his speeches and quotes, some are as below :-

• “Don’t take rest after your first victory because if you fail in second, more lips are waiting to say that your first victory was just luck.” – A.P.J Abdul Kalam
• “All Birds find shelter during a rain. But Eagle avoids rain by flying above the Clouds.” – A.P.J Abdul Kalam
• “Failure will never overtake me if my definition to succeed is strong enough”. – A.P.J Abdul Kalam
• “Man needs difficulties in life because they are necessary to enjoy the success.” – A.P.J Abdul Kalam
• “If you want to shine like a sun. First burn like a sun.” – A.P.J Abdul Kalam
• “It is very easy to defeat someone, but it is very hard to win someone” – A.P.J Abdul Kalam
• “All of us do not have equal talent. But , all of us have an equal opportunity to develop our talents.” – A.P.J Abdul Kalam
• ” Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.” -A.P.J Abdul Kalam
• “Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life.” – A.P.J Abdul Kalam
• ” Without your involvement you can’t succeed. With your involvement you can’t fail. ” – A.P.J Abdul Kalam

Today Times of India has also posted “10 life lessons we learned from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam” is also a must view on their blog.

We the youngsters of today’s generation should learn from the personality, ability and the character like Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam and at this moment all i can say we, may be, never-ever get a man back on the indian land again as like Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.

We Salute you, Sir.