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In pictures: Abdul Kalam's life
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Former president and eminent scientist Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam at a press conference for the 'Agni' missile project in New Delhi, on May 26, 1989. Kalam passed away on July 27, 2015 at the age of 83 after collapsing during a lecture at IIM-Shillong. (Santosh Gupta/HT file photo)
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Kalam being conferred the 13th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration by Congress President Sonia Gandhi at a function. (UNI file photo)
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Kalam receiving the Padma Vibhushan Award on March 24, 1990. (PTI file photo)
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SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, who was then the defence minister, at a press conference along with his scientific advisor APJ Abdul Kalam in New Delhi on July 21, 1997. (PIB file photo)
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Nobel Laureate Amartya sen with Kalam at a reception hosted in Sen's honour at Rashtrapati Bhavan, on January 3, 1999. (PTI file photo)
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Kalam with then President KR Narayanan, left, and Prime Minister IK Gujral, second from right, at Navy Day Reception in New Delhi, on December 4, 1997. (Pana India file photo)
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Kalam receives the Bharat Ratna from then President KR Narayanan, right, on March 1, 1998. (PTI file photo)
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Kalam with then Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee during the funeral ceremony of vice President Krishan Kant Sharma in New Delhi, on July 28, 2002. (Virendra Singh/HT file photo)
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Kalam with former prime minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi, in May 2004. (PTI file photo)
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Kalam shakes hands with former US president George W Bush, right, as first lady Laura Bush, second right, looks on during Bush's ceremonial welcome at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi on March 2, 2006. (AP file photo)
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Kalam with former South African president Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa in September 2004. (PTI file photo)
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Kalam speaks to Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama in New Delhi, in November 2012. (PTI file photo)
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Kalam meets US President Barack Obama in New Delhi in January 2015. (PTI file photo)
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Kalam is welcomed by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to the Uttar Pradesh Development Conclave in Lucknow on May 26, 2012. (Ashok Dutta/HT file photo)
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Kalam with President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi, in December 2014. (PTI file photo)
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Kalam with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, in January 2015. (PTI file photo)
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Kalam in the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan after a reception on the completion of his term as President of India, on July 25, 2007. (Sunil Saxena/HT file photo)
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