National Mathematics Day (India)

{{Short description|Celebration that commemorates the birthday of Srinivasa Ramanujan}}

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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.{{cite web|title=PM's speech at the 125th Birth Anniversary Celebrations of ramanujan at Chennai|url=http://pmindia.nic.in/speech-details.php?nodeid=1117|publisher=Prime Minister's Office, Government of India|accessdate=24 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120729041631/http://pmindia.nic.in/speech-details.php?nodeid=1117|archivedate=29 July 2012 }}

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.{{cite news|last=C Jaishankar|title=Ramanujan's birthday will be National Mathematics Day|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/article2750402.ece|accessdate=24 April 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|date=27 December 2011}} In 2017, the day's significance was enhanced by the opening of the Ramanujan Math Park in Kuppam, in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh.[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/math-park-set-up-government-school-to-innovate-teaching-techniques/articleshow/61202647.cms "Math park set up government school to innovate teaching techniques"] by Neel Kamal, The Times of 97 India, October 24, 2017 National Mathematics Day is celebrated in all schools and universities throughout the country.