GK
DAYS AND YEARS
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Ramchundra
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M.S. Raghunathan
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A. Krishnaswami Ayyangar
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The decision to designate the year 2012 CE as National Mathematics Year was announced by Dr Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, during the inaugural ceremony of the celebrations to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan held at the Madras University Centenary Auditorium on 26 February 2012.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 2012, former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh paid tribute to the mathematician during a ceremony in Chennai to commemorate Ramanujan’s birth anniversary and declared December 22 as National Mathematics Day. Srinivasa Ramanujan was also seen on the 2012 India stamp.