Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday released the book “Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam: Memories Never Die” in Tamil Nadu's Rameshwaram, which is about the former President of India A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. He said that the book depicts the journey of Kalam “from a small town Rameswaram to India's highest constitutional position.Speaking at the book launch event, Shah talked about the death anniversary of Kalam, which was on July 27, saying that Kalam spent his life teaching and studying and also recalled the moment he breathed his last in Meghalaya while teaching. “I bow down to the great patriot, the great scientist, and the people’s President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on this day,” Shah said. Amit Shah mentioned what the book is about, saying it includes how “a boy born to a poor family in Rameswaram rises to the highest echelons of India's politics” and that it encompasses his success, failures, struggles, supporters, and detractors. He said that the book highlights Kalam as a lover of literature and culture, an avid admirer of Thirukural and Bharatihar's poetry, and many other unknown facets of his life. Amit Shah, at the book launch, recalled the time when he first became an MLA in 1995 in his home state, Gujarat. By that time, Kalam had already become “a renowned scientist and also received Bharat Ratna in 1997”, Amit Shah said. “I read about him in a Gujarati newspaper that Kalam Ji was so simple that when he went to receive the award, he was nervous because he was not used to wearing a suit and was not comfortable with the tie,” he said. Shah on missiles launched during Kalam's tenure at DRDO The Union minister also mentioned that during Abdul Kalam's tenure in the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), a total of five missiles - Prithvi, Agni, Akash, Nag, and Trishul - were developed. He stressed that the names of these missiles were chosen in a way that depicts Kalam's “inclination towards spirituality.
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