Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Former President A P J Abdul Kalam death rumours on web sparks chaos

Abdul Kalam has been quite popular among the citizens of India for the significant contributions he has made for the country however today his name has been making rounds on web amidst of false rumors of his death.


The whole confusion started off this morning when former president of India educational advisor and a renowned astronomer, Dr Hafiz Saleh Muhammad Alladin passed away after a brief illness at the age of 80. Someone confused Kalam's adviser death to Kalam's death and the false story spread like a fire in the jungle and made its way to the top social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. Some prominent personalities of the country also passed their condolences to the former president from their twitter & facebook accounts just to be embarrassed later when they found out the real story.

To throw some light on Dr Hafiz Saleh Muhammad Alladin, he was among the top 100 most famous astronomers of the world. He has several accomplishments behind his back which makes him special, however he was known for his famous research was on the solar and lunar eclipses of 1894.

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