Srinivasa Ramanujan
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Srinivasa Ramanujan
(22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician. Though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions, including solutions to mathematical problems then considered unsolvable.
Ramanujan's birthplace on 18 Alahiri Street, Erode, now in Tamil Nadu
Ramanujan's home on Sarangapani Sannidhi Street, Kumbakonam
K Ananda Rau seated with Ramanujan
University of Madras
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The University of Madras is a public state university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1857, it is one of the oldest and among the most prominent universities in India, incorporated by an act of the Legislative Council of India under the British government.
The Madras University Senate House and Marina Beach, 1905
Legislative Assembly session of Madras Presidency in Senate House, 1937
A 1957 postal stamp dedicated to the centenary of Madras University
University of Madras Entrance Arch at Chepauk Campus