National Mathematics Day observed on On 22 December

Highlights:

• Since 2012, India has celebrated National Mathematics Day on the 22nd of December every year.
• The day is observed to honor Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan's birth anniversary.
• This year, the nation commemorates Ramanujan's 134th birthday.
• The primary goal of National Mathematics Day is to raise public awareness about the evolution of mathematics and its significance in the advancement of humanity.
• The day was declared on February 26, 2012, by then-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to commemorate the 125th birthday of Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan (22 Dec 1887- 26 Apr 1920).
• The year 2012 was also designated as National Mathematics Month. Ramanujan's ideas revolutionized and reshaped mathematics in the twentieth century.
• The mathematics of the twenty-first century is still shaped by these notions.

• Srinivasa Ramanujan was born in a Tamil Brahmin Iyengar family in Erode, Tamil Nadu, on December 22, 1887.
• In 1903, Ramanujan attended the Government College in Kumbakonam. He failed non-mathematical topics in college due to his inattention.
• Ramanujan began working at the Madras Port Trust as a clerk in 1912.
• Ramanujan enrolled at Trinity College just before World War I broke out.
• He earned a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1916. In 1917, he became a member of the London Mathematical Society.
• In 1919, Ramanujan returned to India. At the age of 32, he passed away a year later.
• Based on Srinivasa Ramanujan's biography, the film "The Man Who Knew Infinity" was released in 2015.