APJ Abdul Kalam Created a Void that is Irreplaceable: Narendra Modi

Chennai: On Dr APJ Abdul Kalam's first death anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid homage to the late president, saying the void left by him is "irreplaceable".

"It's been a year since our beloved Dr APJ Abdul Kalam left us & created a void that is irreplaceable (sic)," he wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter.

"My tributes to this great personality," he said.

Commemorating Kalam's first death anniversary, a life-size statue was unveiled at Peikarumbu in his hometown at Rameswaram on Wednesday.

Kalam passed away on July 27, 2015 after suffering a massive cardiac arrest while delivering a lecture at IIM-Shillong in Meghalaya.