Some unknown facts of Kalam's life, thought provoking

Former president APJ Abul Kalam Azad did not favour the death penalty like his predecessor. But unlike his predecessor, he himself heard to the government and the people.A defence scientist and a Bharat Ratna before he was elevated as President, India’s bachelor president had spoken out against death penalty on at least on three occasions while in office and sent back nearly 50 cases of capital sentences back for reconsideration.The only mercy plea that he rejected was from Dhannajay Chatterji, a lift operator convicted of rape and killing a young girl in Kolkata, in 2004. Kalam indicated later that he had done so reluctantly.