The Man Who Knew Infinity #SrinivasaRamanujan was born in 1887 in Erode, Tamil Nadu and became obsessed with mathematics as a teen. Ramanujan was a self taught mathematician. He spent so much time making original discoveries in mathematics that he flunked out of college - twice!
He failed thrice in school exams because he did not like to study anything apart from numbers.
At age 12, despite lacking a formal education, he excelled in trigonometry and discovered many theorems.
Oct 1, 2021 • 23 tweets • 12 min read
Lal Bahadur Shastri was born on 2nd October, 1904 at Mughalsarai, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh to Sharada Prasad Srivastava and Ramdulari Devi. #LalBahadurShastriJayanti #LalBahadurShastri
Lal Bahadur Shastri ji's orignal name was Lal Bahadur Srivastava. But he dropped his surname since he was against the caste system.
In 1926, he got the title 'Shastri' in Kashi Vidyapeeth University as a mark of scholarly success.
