Question

December 22nd is celebrated as National Mathematics Day on the occasion of whose birthday?
Arya Bhatta
Srinivas Ramanujan
PC Mahalanobis
CV Raman

Answer 1

December 22nd is celebrated as National Mathematics Day on the occasion of Srinivas Ramanujan birthday.

Explanation :

• Srinivas Ramanujan was born on 22nd December 1887 in Erode, Madras Presidency, British India.

• He was an Indian mathematician who lived during the British Rule in India.

• He completed his Bachelor of science (Bsc) in 1919 from Trinity College, Cambridge.

• December 22nd is marked as National Mathematics Day by Government of India. This was announced on 26th February 2012 at Madras University, by Prime Minister of India.

Answer 2

Answer:

December 22nd is celebrated as National Mathematics Day on the occasion of Srinivas Ramanujan's birthday.

Extra Information:

• Srinivas Ramanujan was born on 22 December 1887 in Tamil Nadu and died on 26 April 1920.
• He was an Indian Mathematician.
• He had no formal training in Mathematics.
• After his death, he was listed among the other scientists and mathematicians in "Calendar of Scientific Pioneers".
• Tamil Nadu celebrates his birthday as 'State IT Day'.
• It was declared in 2011 on the 125th anniversary of Ramanujan that 22nd December would ve celebrated as the National Mathematics Day.
• Ramanujan independently compiled nearly 3,900 results of Mathematics in his short life.