Tributes flow in for ‘Missile Man of India’, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

Doctors tried to revive him but failed to do so

Update: 2015-07-27 21:18 GMT
Former President APJ Abdul Kalam. (Photo: PTI/File)

Shillong: Tributes began to flow in for former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, who passed away in Shillong on Monday after collapsing during a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management in the Meghalaya capital.

Kalam (84) took ill at a function and was rushed to Bethany hospital, M Kharkrang, SP Khasi Hills, said. Doctors tried to revive him but failed to do so. Army doctors were also called but they declared him dead due to a cardiac arrest.

Kalam, who was the 11th President of India, was a very popular head of state between 2002 and 2007.

He was also known as India's missile man for ensuring the success of Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP).

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