Imphal, 15 October 2016 ( Evening News ) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to former President APJ Abdul Kalam on his 85th birth anniversary today. Modi wrote in a tweet "Tributes to our former President, the person who captured the imagination of every Indian, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam on his birth anniversary," . Kalam, India's 11th President, was born in 1931 into a Tamil Muslim family in Rameswaram. A team of DRDO officials led by P K Singh visited the memorial site at Peikarumbu, where Kalam was laid to rest after his death in July in 2015. They held discussions with local officials regarding various aspects of the memorial. Officials said a total of Rs 50 crore had been allocated for the memorial and a knowledge centre. In the first phase, Rs 15 crore will be spent for the construction of the memorial on a 27,000 sq ft area. It would cover the burial site and a statue of Kalam.
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