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Srinivasa
Ramanujan
22 Dec. 1887 -
26 Apr.1920
December 22 - National Mathematics
Day
In India, the day 'December 22' has been declared as the National
Mathematics Day. The declaration was made by Prime Minister of India, during
the inaugural ceremony of the celebrations to mark the 125th birth anniversary
of Srinivasa Ramanujan held at the Madras University Centenary
Auditorium on 26 February 2012. Dr Manmohan Singh also announced that the year 2012 CE
would be celebrated as the National Mathematics Year.
The Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan was born on 22 December 1887 (Erode, Tamil
Nadu) and died on 26 April 1920. It was in recognition of his contribution to
mathematics the Government of India decided to celebrate Ramanujan's birthday as the National Mathematics Day every
year and to celebrate 2012 as the National Mathematical Year.
