Watch: PM Modi, President Mukherjee pay tribute to APJ Abdul Kalam at Delhi airport

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee were among a host of dignitaries who paid tribute to former President APJ Abdul Kalam's body after it was carried in a special flight from Guwahati to Delhi on Tuesday morning. After being airlifted from Shillong to Guwahati in an air force helicopter, the body was flown to Delhi in a special military flight. Kalam, who would have turned 84 in October and was the head of state during 2002-07, died after suffering a massive cardiac arrest at the IIM-Shillong on Monday evening.