The name Van Mahotsava ( the festival of trees ) originated in July 1947 after a successful tree-planting drive was undertaken in Delhi, in which national leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru, Dr Rajendra Prasad and Abdul Kalam Azad participated.

In light of the Big Bang theory, a stylized version of argument has emerged ( sometimes called the Kalam cosmological argument, the following form of which was created by Al-Gazali and then strongly supported by William Lane Craig ):

Kalam was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, studied physics at the St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli, and aerospace engineering at the Madras Institute of Technology ( MIT ), Chennai.

Kalam was elected the President of India in 2002, defeating Lakshmi Sahgal and was supported by both the Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party, the major political parties of India.

Kalam was also criticized for inaction as a president on the pending mercy plea petitions, that delayed prosecution of the convicts.

Kalam was born on 15 October 1931 to Jainulabdeen, a boat owner and Ashiamma, a housewife, at Rameswaram, located in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

While Kalam was working on a senior class project, the Dean was dissatisfied with the lack of progress and threatened revoking his scholarship unless the project was finished within the next two days.

Kalam was also part of the INCOSPAR committee working under Vikram Sarabhai, the renowned space scientist.

In 1969, Kalam was transferred to the Indian Space Research Organization ( ISRO ) where he was the project director of India's first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle ( SLV-III ) which successfully deployed the Rohini satellite in near earth orbit in July 1980.

R Venkatraman was instrumental in getting the cabinet approval for allocating 388 crore rupees for the mission, named Integrated Guided Missile Development Program ( I. G. M. D. P ) and appointed Kalam as the Chief Executive.

The first is Kalam, that mainly dealt with Islamic theological questions, and the other is Falsafa, that was founded on interpretations of Aristotelianism and Neoplatonism.

Saadia was thus in every way a supporter of the Kalam ; and if at times he deviated from its doctrines, it was owing to his religious views.

In 219 CE, the Sura Academy ( from which Jewish Kalam emerged many centuries later ) was founded by Abba Arika.

al-Muqammiṣ was first to introduce the methods of Kalam into Judaism and the first Jew to mention Aristotle in his writings.

Saadia was thus in every way a supporter of the Kalam ; and if at times he deviated from its doctrines, it was owing to his religious views ; just as the Jewish and Muslim Peripatetics stopped short in their respective Aristotelianism whenever there was danger of wounding orthodox religion.

Islamic law placed importance on formulating standards of argument, which gave rise to a novel approach to logic in Kalam, but this approach was later displaced by ideas from Greek philosophy and Hellenistic philosophy with the rise of the Mu ' tazili philosophers, who highly valued Aristotle's Organon.

First he worked as Director of the Madras Institute of Technology, where one of his students was Abdul Kalam ( later Kalam became President of India and designed indigenous satellite launch vehicles and missiles ).

" Referring to the argument as the "' Kalam ' cosmological argument ", Duncan asserts that it " received its fullest articulation at the hands of Muslim and Jewish exponents of Kalam (" the use of reason by believers to justify the basic metaphysical presuppositions of the faith ).

Kalam advocated plans to develop India into a developed nation by 2020 in his book India 2020.

Kalam started his career by designing a small helicopter for the Indian Army, but remained unconvinced with the choice of his job at DRDO.

Kalam and Dr. V. S. Arunachalam, metallurgist and scientific adviser to the Defense Minister, worked on the suggestion by the then Defense Minister, R. Venkataraman on a proposal for simulataneous development of a quiver of missiles instead of taking planned missiles one by one.

Photos and snapshots of him taken by the media elevated Kalam as the country's top nuclear scientist.

The lahoot salbi or " negative theology " involves the use of ta ' til, which means " negation ," and the followers of the Mu ' tazili school of Kalam, founded by Imam Wasil ibn Ata, are often called the Mu ' attili, because they are frequent users of the ta ' til methodology.

But most Sunnis, who are Ash ' ari and Maturidi by Kalam use ta ' til to some extent, if not completely.

The NDA then put forth a third candidate Abdul Kalam as their official choice, without seeking consensus ; one opposition party ( the Samajwadi Party under Mulayam Singh Yadav ) dissipated the unity of the Opposition by supporting this proposal.

In the medieval Islamic world, due to Avicenna's successful reconciliation of Aristotelianism and Neoplatonism along with Kalam, Avicennism eventually became the leading school of early Islamic philosophy by the 12th century, with Avicenna becoming a central authority on philosophy.

The twelfth century saw the apotheosis of pure philosophy and the decline of the Kalam, which latter, being attacked by both the philosophers and the orthodox, perished for lack of champions.

Abdul Kalam released a photo-biography, written and compiled by Dr. Sunil Kothari with a foreword by former president R. Venkataraman.

The twelfth century saw the apotheosis of pure philosophy and the decline of the Kalam, which later, being attacked by both the philosophers and the orthodox, perished for lack of champions.

Due to Avicenna's ( Ibn Sina's ) successful reconciliation between Aristotelianism and Neoplatonism along with Kalam, Avicennism eventually became the leading school of Islamic philosophy by the 12th century.

Malik believed that Kalam was rooted in heretical doctrines taken up and followed by controversial theologians such as Jahm bin Safwan.

The name " Indian Institute of Technology " was adopted before the formal inauguration of the institute on 18 August 1951 by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.

On February 1, 1953, the National Library was opened to the public, inaugurated by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.

Kalam first started work on an expandable rocket project independently at DRDO in 1965.

Hasauli is the first ever nirmal village which was awarded by president A. P. J Abdul Kalam, and its also famous for its Handicrafts.

The work unfolds in two phases: the first, lays bare the presuppositions of the concept of Velayat, which concerns the meaning of the term, its interpretation in mysticism ( Irfan ), philosophy ( Kalam ), jurisprudence ( Figh ' h ), The Qur ' an, and Tradition ( Sonnat ).

Recognizing his contribution to public service, the President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, honoured Dr. Menon in 2003, the first such award to a law teacher in India.

The silver jubilee year of the university in 1947 coincided with India's independence, and the national flag was hoisted in the main building for the first time by VKRV Rao, the convocation ceremony for the year, however could not be held due to partition disturbances, thus a special ceremony was held in 1948, which was attended by prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Lord Mountbatten, Lady Mountbatten, Abul Kalam Azad, Zakir Hussain and S. S. Bhatnagar.

In the previous year, the President of India, Abdul Kalam became the first head of state to visit the area.

Ibn Al-Nadim says that he was the author of " Taabirul Ro ' oya " ( What Dreams Express ), which is different from or an abridged version of: Muntakhabul Kalam Fi Tafsir El Ahlam "( A Concise Guide for the Interpretation of Dreams ) first printed in Bulaq, Egypt, in 1284 H, in Lucknow in a. d. 1874 and in Bombay in 1296 H. It was subsequently reprinted numerous times in various parts of the Arab World under different titles.

Orientation, the first section of Wings of Fire, spread into first three chapters, covers 32 years of Kalam ’ s life, from his birth in a middle class Tamil people, Tamil family in the island town of Rameshwaram, his early schooling at Schwartz High School, Ramanathapuram, his undergraduate education at St. Joseph College, Trichy, completion of a degree course in aeronautic engineering from Madras Institute of Technology, and ends with him moving to the United States for a six month training program at NASA.

So did the Maharajas of Santosh, Brajendrakishore Raychaudhuri, the zamindar of Gouripore ( Bengal ), who donated money to the National Council, which later became Jadavpur University, Sir S M Bose, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first Education Minister of India, Abhay Charan Banerjee ( Sir R N Mukherjee's eldest son-in-law ), L N Thapar, the industrialist, Suchitra Sen, the actress ( she still does live there ), Sita and Sachin Chaudhuri, the Finance Minister of India, and the Khaitans of Khaitan & Co, Solicitors.

A British governor rejected a civil service candidates ’ list on the grounds that there was too many Muslims ; Persian was removed from the curriculum of Allahbad University, and in 1900 the British accepted the use of Devanagri script for official purposes in the Northwest Frontier provinces and Oudh ……….. the formation of the Indian National Congress in 1885 … Congress though open to Muslims was formed by Brahmin Lawyers .. however no event was more important for the change in Muslim elite opinion then the partition of Bengal … the first Muslim response was continue the policies … the younger generation clamored for more direct political action …. Urdu defense League in 1900 .. 1906 a petition for separate electorate .. and Lord Minto acknowledged the Muslim right to representation … in 1909 … the most important expression of the new Muslim militancy were the founding of the Muslim League in 1906 … in 1908 Abu ’ l Kalam Azad began to publish Al-Hilal … to support the caliphate .. Maulana Mohamamd Ali a graduate of Aligarh preached a similar creed in Comrade

In 3250, Gilad's first son, Kalam, was born.

India's first broadband network on EDUSAT for schools-ViCTERS ( Virtual Class Technology on Edusat for Rural Schools ) – inaugurated by Dr. A. P. J Abdul Kalam, the ex-President of India on 28 July 2005 in Thiruvananthapuram has revolutionized classrooms through interactive IP-based technology.

The first attempt towards the actualization of this concept was reportedly made by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad through his short-lived party, the Hizbullah.