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Srinivasa Ramanujan: The Magician of Numbers

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Colonial & Freedom Struggle

Srinivasa Ramanujan: The Magician of Numbers

A remarkable mind from Kumbakonam who saw patterns no one else could.

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2008
After 30 years in power, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was succeeded by Mohamed Nasheed as president of the Maldives.
1999
The House of Lords Act was given royal assent, removing most hereditary peers from the British House of Lords.
1975
During a constitutional crisis, Governor-General Sir John Kerr (pictured) dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam's government and dissolved the Parliament of Australia for a double-dissolution election.
1965
Rhodesia, led by Prime Minister Ian Smith (pictured), unilaterally declared independence from the United Kingdom.
1960
A coup attempt by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam against President Ngô Đình Diệm was crushed after he falsely promised reform, allowing loyalists to rescue him.
1940
Second World War: The Royal Navy launched the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history against the Italians in the Battle of Taranto.

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