As indicated by Indian media, Kalam kicked the bucket subsequent to giving way amid an address because of heart seizure.
He was raced to a close-by doctor's facility, where specialists said that the previous president was brought dead at around 7 PM while ascribing his demise to cardiovascular failure.
Kalam appreciated backing of the two biggest political gatherings in India – Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress – amid his five-year-long spell at the administration somewhere around 2002 and 2007.
India pronounced seven days of national grieving for Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, who served as India's eleventh president, as is standard after the passing of a previous pioneer.
His body will be traveled to New Delhi on Tuesday, nearby media reported.
India's PM Narendra Modi paid tribute to Kalam, who was chosen to the top post amid the past BJP standard, saying he had "constantly wondered about his astuteness, learnt such a great amount from him".
"India grieves the departure of an extraordinary researcher, a magnificent president or more each of the a rousing individual," his office said in an announcement.
An acclaimed researcher and creator, Kalam was known as the "individuals' leader" amid his time in office and kept on connecting with youngsters with his experimental addresses in the wake of leaving office.
Destined to a poor group of boatman in Rameswaram, a seaside town in southern Tamil Nadu state on October 15, 1931, Kalam sold daily papers as a tyke to help his family monetarily.
He ascended through the positions to turn into a top researcher at India's guard research association, where he labored for four decades serving to add to the nation's home developed weapon's system, gaining him the moniker "India's rocket man".
He additionally assumed a significant part in India's atomic weapons tests in 1998.
After his presidential term, Kalam came back to scholastics and consistently conveyed addresses at top Indian colleges. He additionally distributed a smash hit life account entitled "Wings of flame" in 1999–AFP.