Nation mourns APJ Abdul Kalam's death

GN Bureau | July 28, 2015


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The entire nation is mourning the demise of former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.

Dr Kalam, 83, collapsed after a massive cardiac arrest while delivering a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Shillong on Monday evening.The government has declared a seven-day national mourning as a mark of respect to him.

His body was flown to Guwahati in Assam this morning and will be brought to Delhi by a special aircraft. His funeral is likely to take place in Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu.

Here is how people remembered the missile man of India:

 

 

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