Name the place where Late Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, the former President of India was laid to rest after his sad demise?

The correct answer is Rameswaram.

Key Points

• Rameswaram is the place where Late Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, the former President of India was laid to rest after his sad demise.
• Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, better known as A. P. J. Abdul Kalam who was the 11th president of India.
• Kalam was born and brought up in Rameswaram and became a scientist and worked for DRDO and ISRO.
• After his sudden demise at Shillong on 27th July 2015, he was laid to rest at Pei Karumbu, Rameswaram on 30th July 2015.
• A memorial has been built at the burial site. Inside, the memorial, one can see the selected photos, paintings and miniature models of misssiles etc.
•  The memorial is less than 1 km from Rameswaram.

Additional Information A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

• He was born on 15 October 1931 on Pamban Island, Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu. 
• In 2015, the UN declared his birthday as World Student’s Day.
• He was elected as the 11th President of India in the year 2002 and was referred to as the “People’s President”
• He was know as “the missile man” of India. A.P.J Abdul Kalam was the eleventh President of India, who was in the office from 2002 to 2007.
• Kalam was a part of country’s first nuclear test.
• Wings of fire is his autobiography written by him with co-author Arun Tiwari.
• Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam was conferred Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 1981.
• Later, in 1990, he received the Padma Vibhushan Award for his immense contribution as a scientific advisor to government and spearheading DRDO and ISRO.
• The government of India also honoured A P J Abdul Kalam with Bharat Ratna Award in 1997.
• He was the third President of India to have been awarded Bharat Ratna, after Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1954) and Dr. Zakir Hussain (1963).