Laws Of Newton

APJ Abdul kalam Early life and education Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was born on 15 October 1931, to a  Tamil Muslim  family in the pilgrimage centre of  Rameswaram  on  Pamban Island , then in the  Madras Presidency  and now in the  State  of  Tamil Nadu . His father Jainulabdeen  Marakayar  was a boat owner and  imam  of a local mosque; [9]  his mother Ashiamma was a housewife. [10] [11] [12] [13]  His father owned a ferry that took  Hindu  pilgrims back and forth between  Rameswaram  and the now uninhabited  Dhanushkodi . [14] [15]  Kalam was the youngest of four brothers and one sister in his family. [16] [17] [18]  His ancestors had been wealthy  Marakayar  traders and landowners, with numerous properties and large tracts of land. Even though his ancestors had been wealthy  Marakayar  traders, the family had lost most of its fortunes by the ...