Tamil Nadu Timeline

Space

4 events, 1997 to 2024.

  1. 1997

    1. 1997RameswaramScience Technology

      A. P. J. Abdul Kalam awarded the Bharat Ratna

      A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the Rameswaram-born scientist who headed India's missile programme, received the Bharat Ratna.

  2. 2002

    1. 25 Jul 2002 to 25 Jul 2007New DelhiPolitics

      A. P. J. Abdul Kalam becomes President of India

      Rameswaram-born scientist A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, backed by both the BJP and the Congress, took office as the 11th President of India.

  3. 2017

    1. 27 Jul 2017RameswaramCulture

      A. P. J. Abdul Kalam memorial opens at Rameswaram

      Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the DRDO-built memorial to A. P. J. Abdul Kalam at Peikarumbu, Rameswaram.

  4. 2024

    1. 28 Feb 2024SSLV Launch Complex, KulasekarapattinamScience Technology

      Foundation of ISRO's Kulasekarapattinam launch complex

      ISRO's second spaceport, for small satellite launch vehicles, was launched at Kulasekarapattinam in Thoothukudi district.