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by 0xDEF 1240 days ago
AJ Kalam's 2020 visions for India were inspired by his 1997 visit to Malaysia. He wanted India in 2020 to be on par with 1997's Malaysia. Not exactly a "first world superpower".

Today India's GDP per capita is roughly half of Malaysia's 1997 GDP per capita. India definitely underperformed but not by the several magnitudes of orders that people assume were AJ Kalam's visions.