National Mathematics Day

As a tribute to mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan,the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared his birthday, that is 22nd December, as 'National Mathematics Day'.

Prime Minister also declared year 2012 as a whole as the 'National Mathematical Year', as a part of celebrations for the 125th birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan.

Srinivasa Ramanujan(22 Dec 1887 - 26 Apr 1920), the great mathematician of India, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu. The Number '1729' is named after him & is called Ramanujan–Hardy number. His home state Tamil Nadu celebrates his birthday as 'State IT Day'.

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