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Ramanujan was the only mathematician born in India in the last 1000 years who is so frequently being remembered by mathematicians around the world.
Many films and books on his life are available on You Tube /Google.
Let's know some interesting facts about Ramanujan
1. Ramanujan's house at Kumbkakonam (in the picture below) has now been converted in a Museum and it was inaugurated by Dr A P J Abdul Kalam and being maintained by SASTRA University.
RAMANUJAN'S HOUSE WHICH IS NOW A MUSEUM
(SOURCE :- RAMANUJAN MUSEUM AND MATH EDUCATION CENTRE, CHENNAI)
2. In order to get a job of clerk in Madras Port, Ramanujan wrote a job application (SEE ABOVE)
LINK FOR DAY 1 -5 QUIZ
JANKI AMMAL WROTE A LETTER FOR RAMANUJAN'S BUST
3. It is heartening to know that Janki Ammal (Ramanujan's wife) had to write a letter to Robert Aksey to do a favour to her to have a bust of him. It took more than 35 long years and intervention of world level mathematicians to collect fund for the bust.
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