Wheeler Island is the prime missile testing facility of India. All missiles, including Agni, Prithvi, BrahMos, Akash, Prahaar, Shaurya, Trishul etc. are being tested from the ITR here. Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik was urged last month to rename the Wheeler Island after the ‘Missile Man of India’, which he accepted.
Earlier, the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) had renamed Aurangzeb Road in New Delhi as APJ Abdul Kalam Road.