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Detailed explanation-1: -Bengaluru: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled a statue of former President Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and inaugurated Kalam Sadbhavana Park in DRDO township at C.V. Raman Nagar.

Detailed explanation-2: -APJ Abdul Kalam, popularly known as the Missile Man of India, served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. He passed away on July 27 in 2015 while delivering a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management, Shillong. He was 83.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the very first year of its establishment, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) selected Dr. Kalam as its project director to help build India’s first indigenous satellite launch vehicle (SLV). The ten years of hard work paid off as SLV-III successfully launched the satellite Rohini into orbit in July 1980.

Detailed explanation-4: -Explanation: Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar award is not given to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. Kalam received Bharat Ratna (1997), Padma Vibhushan (1990), and Padma Bhushan (1981).