From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Celebration That Commemorates the Birthday of Srinivasa Ramanujan
The 2012 Indian stamp featured
Srinivasa Ramanujan
.
The Indian government declared 22 December to be celebrated as
National Mathematics Day
every year to mark the birth anniversary of the Indian mathematician
Srinivasa Ramanujan
. It was introduced by Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh
on 26 December 2011 at
Madras University
, to mark the 125th birth anniversary of the Indian mathematician
Srinivasa Ramanujan
. On this occasion Prime minister
Manmohan Singh
also announced that 2012 would be celebrated as the National Mathematics Year.
[1]
Since then, India's National Mathematics Day is
celebrated
on
22 December
every year with numerous educational events held at schools and universities throughout the country.
[2]
In 2017, the day's significance was enhanced by the opening of the
Ramanujan Math Park
in
Kuppam
, in
Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh
.
[3]
National Mathematics Day is celebrated in all schools and universities throughout the country.
References
[
edit
]