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and in

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the year 2012 CE was celebrated National Mathematics Year. In India, the National Mathematics Year was a tribute to the mathematical genius

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 ...

who was born on 22 December 1887 and whose 125th birthday falls on 22 December 2012. In Nigeria, the year 2012 was observed as National Mathematics Year as part of the federal government's effort to promote and popularize the study of mathematics.

National Mathematics Year in India

The decision to designate the year 2012 CE as National Mathematics Year was announced by

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, during the inaugural ceremony of the celebrations to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan held at the

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Centenary Auditorium on 26 February 2012. The Prime Minister also announced that December 22 would be celebrated as

National Mathematics Day The 2012 Indian stamp featured Srinivasa Ramanujan. The Indian government declared 22 December to be National Mathematics Day. It was introduced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 26 December 2011 at Madras University, to mark the 125th birth anni ...

from 2012 onwards. An Organising Committee with Professor M.S. Raghunathan, President of the Ramanujan Mathematical Society as chair, and Professor Dinesh Singh, Secretary of the

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as secretary, has been formed to formulate and implement programmes and projects as part of the observance of the National Mathematics Year. A National Committee with Minister for

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as the chair supervises the activities of the Organising Committee.{{cite news, title=Year-long celebration, url=http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/article2746997.ece, accessdate=20 April 2012, newspaper=

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, date=26 December 2011

National Mathematics Year in Nigeria

In Nigeria, the various activities planned as part of the celebration of National Mathematics Year would be centred on the theme ''Mathematics: The Key to Transformation''. The events were inaugurated on 1 March 2012 at a function in Musa Yar’adua Dome,

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. Thirteen projects of national importance are planned as part of the celebrations.

References

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