The 2012 Indian stamp featured

Srinivasa Ramanujan Srinivasa Ramanujan (; born Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar, ; 22 December 188726 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician. Though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis ...

. The Indian government declared 22 December to be National Mathematics Day. It was introduced by Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh Manmohan Singh (; born 26 September 1932) is an Indian politician, economist and statesman who served as the 13th prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He is also the third longest-serving prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru and Indir ...

on 26 December 2011 at

Madras University The University of Madras (informally known as Madras University) is a public state university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1857, it is one of the oldest and among the most prestigious universities in India, incorporated by an a ...

, to mark the 125th birth anniversary of the Indian mathematician

. On this occasion Prime minister

also announced that 2012 would be celebrated as the National Mathematics Year. Since then, India's National Mathematics Day is celebrated on

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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=

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, date=27 December 2011 In 2017, the day's significance was enhanced by the opening of the

Ramanujan Math Park The Ramanujan Math Park is an Indian museum and activity center dedicated to mathematics education inside the Agastya Campus Creativity Lab located in Kuppam, in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh.Kuppam Kuppam is a Granite City of Andhra Pradesh. Kuppam is a Municipality in Chittoor district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh located 115.8 kilometers South-East of Bangalore, the Capital City of Karnataka and 243 kilometers West of Chennai ...

, in

Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh Chittoor is a city and district headquarters in Chittoor district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is also the mandal and divisional headquarters of Chittoor mandal and Chittoor revenue division, respectively. The city has a popu ...

."Math park set up government school to innovate teaching techniques"
by Neel Kamal, ''

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'', October 24, 2017 National Mathematics Day is celebrated in all schools and universities throughout the country.

References

Science and technology in India Indian mathematics Observances in India