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[[File:Srinivasa_Ramanujan_2012_stamp_of_India.jpg|thumb| right|An Indian stamp depicting Srinivasa Ramanujan and the Indian National Mathematics Day]] <br />
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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><br />
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Since then, India's National Mathematics Day is [[list of minor secular observances#December|celebrated]] on [[22 December]] every year with numerous educational events held at schools and universities throughout the country.<ref>{{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}}</ref> In 2017, the day's significance was enhanced by the opening of the [[Ramanujan Math Park]] in [[Kuppam]], in [[Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="times">[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</ref> National Mathematics Day is celebrated in all schools and universities throughout the country.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Pi Day|International Day of Mathematics (Pi Day)]]<br />
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[[Category:Science and technology in India]]<br />
[[Category:Indian mathematics]]<br />
<ref>Srinivas Ramanujan </ref><br />
[[Category:Observances in India]]<br />
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