National Mathematics Day Observed on December 22

• India observes the National Mathematics Day every year on 22 December since 2012 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.
• 2020 marks the 133rd birth anniversary of Ramanujan.
• The day was announced on 26 February 2012 by the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of the Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan (22 Dec 1887- 26 Apr 1920). 
• 2012 was also observed as National Mathematics Year.

Points to Remember:

1. When is National Mathematics Day observed?
2. Whose birth anniversary is celebrated?
3. When was the 1st National Mathematics Day observed?
4. 2018 marks which birth anniversary of Ramanujan? – 133