National Mathematics Day

The National Mathematics Day is dedicated to Srinivasa Ramanujan, a legendary Indian mathematician. It is celebrated on 22nd December on the birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan. Ramanujan has made great contributions in the field of mathematics and is known for his brilliant mathematical formulae.

 Mathematics is involved in our day-to-day life. Mathematics has been involved with humans since time immemorial. . The first National Mathematics Day was announced by the then Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on 22 December 2012, the 125th birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan. The year 2012 was also celebrated as National Mathematics Year to pay a tribute to the contribution of Ramanujan.

            Since then, we celebrate National Mathematics Day every year to mark and commemorate the birth Anniversary of Ramanujan, a Famous Mathematician. Srinivasa Ramanujan was an autodidact in mathematics; he was a genius who taught himself trigonometry at a very young age. Ramanujan was born on 22 December 1887 in a Tamil Family in Tamil Nadu, India.