Kalam elected India's 12th President

congrulations to india's 12th president shree mr abdul kalam on his victory .
AFP [ THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2002 2:02:01 PM ]

NEW DELHI: APJ Abdul Kalam, who was on Thursday elected India's new president, said the country needed to banish poverty and become a developed nation within 20 years.

"We need a mission, a mission that transforms India into a developed nation from a developing country in 20 years so that we can banish poverty," Kalam told his first press conference after his presidential victory was announced in Parliament.

"We need a sound vision to transform ourselves into a prosperous, poverty-free, healthy and developed nation," he added.

Kalam also emphasised that young people in India not only needed a "sound education" in maths and science but needed a gentle nudge from their elders to adopt good values.

"Children in India must learn and adopt a good value system," said the colourful rocket scientist, who comes across more as a professor than a politician in his meetings with the press.

"That is more important than all the technical education in the world." After working on India's space and defence programmes for 43 years, Kalam devoted his time to training the next generation, with the goal of bringing 100,000 young Indians into the scientific community by 2020.

He is also involved in establishing a brain research centre to enable mentally challenged children to reach near-normal lives with the aid of the latest technology.

And he is working on a project using electronics and IT to benefit deaf-and-dumb children.

Of the total of 4,785 votes cast, Kalam received 4,152 and his lone challenger, 87-year-old Lakshmi Sahgal, received 459, RC Tripathi, the chief returning officer for the poll, announced. A total of 174 votes were declared invalid.

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One day a sardarji was sitting in his office on the thirteenth floor building when a man came running in to his office and shouted "Santa Singh your daughter Preeto just died in an accident" Sardarji was in panic.Not knowing what to do he jumped from his office window. While coming down when he was near the tenth floor he remembered he didn't have a daughter named Preeto. When he was near the fifth floor he remembered he was not married.When he was about to hit the ground he remembered he was not Santa Singh.


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A sardar walked up to the front desk of the library and said, "I borrowed a book last week, but it was the most boring I've ever read. There was no story whatsoever, and there were far too many characters!" The librarian replied, "Oh, you must be the person who took our phone book."

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A sardar was walking along, when he looked up to observe a bird flying overhead. Suddenly, the bird dropped a load when it was directly over him. The Sardar says, "Good thing that cows don't fly."


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A sardar is in a bar and his cellular phone rings, so he picks it up and says " Hello, how did you know I was here?"

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How many sardars does it take to pull off a kidnapping? Six. One to kidnap the victim and five to write the ransom note.


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Did you hear about the sardar who signed all his checks so no one else could use them if he lost his check book?

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Did you hear about the sardar who asked his friends to give him all their burnt out light bulbs? He just bought a camera and wanted to set up a Darkroom.

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Sardarji ( to doctor ) : 'Doctor, I have a problem.' Doctor : 'What's your problem?' Sardarji : 'I keep forgetting things.' Doctor : 'Since when do you have this problem?' Sardarji : 'What problem?'

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Why couldn't the sardar write the number "eleven"? He didn't know which "one" (1) came first...

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Why does a sardar only change his baby's diapers once a month? Because it says right on the box "good for up to 20 pounds."

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One Sardar was enjoying Sun on a Beach in UK.A lady came and asked him, " Are you relaxing" Sardar answered '" No I am Banta Singh" Another Guy Came and asked the same Question. Sardar answered " No No Me Banta Singh" Third one came and asked the same question Sardar was totally annoyed and decided to shift his place. While walking he saw another Sardar enjoying the Beach. He went and asked him " Are you Relaxing?" The other Sardar was much educated and answered "Yes I am relaxing. The Sardar slapped him on his face and said "Idiot, Sab tere Ko wahahn dhoond rahe hai aur tu Yahaan Aaram Kar raha hai. " (Translation ... Idiot everyone is looking for you and you are relaxing here!!!!!)