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| Presidency of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 25 July 2002 –25 July 2007 | |
| Party | Independent |
|---|---|
| Election | 2002 Indian presidential election |
| Seat | Rashtrapati Bhawan |
 Emblem of India | |
Presidency of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was started from 25 July 2002 when Abdul Kalam took oath as the eleventh President of India. [1]
In 2002,soon after assuming office,the President announced his decision to visit the state of Gujarat,which had been struck by an earthquake as well as deadly riots. [2] In his book Turning Points,Kalam wrote that he undertook the visit despite Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's objections.[ citation needed ]
In 2006,Kalam became the first President to return a bill,when he returned the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Amendment Bill,2006 bill to parliament for reconsideration. [3] [4]
Kalam opposed capital punishment,and sent back nearly 50 cases of capital punishment for reconsideration,listing out reasons why clemency should be considered in each case. [5]
He commuted one death sentence,and rejected only one mercy petition (that of Dhananjoy Chatterjee,who was executed in 2004). [6]
| Year | Country | Date | Note | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | United Arab Emirates | [7] | ||
| Sudan | [7] | |||
| Bulgaria | [7] | |||
| 2005 | Switzerland | [8] | ||
| Iceland | ||||
| 2006 | Philippines | February | ||
| South Korea | ||||
| Myanmar | [9] | |||
| Mauritius | [9] | |||
| 2007 | France | [10] | ||
| Greece | [10] |
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul KalamBR was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as the 11th president of India from 2002 to 2007. Born and raised in a Muslim family in Rameswaram,Tamil Nadu,he studied physics and aerospace engineering. He spent the next four decades as a scientist and science administrator,mainly at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and was intimately involved in India's civilian space programme and military missile development efforts. He thus came to be known as the Missile Man of India for his work on the development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology. He also played a pivotal organisational,technical,and political role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998,the first since the original nuclear test by India in 1974.
Events in the year 2002 in the Republic of India.
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