Ramanujan was a renowned Indian mathematician born in 1887 in India. He showed extraordinary talent and self-taught himself advanced mathematics. He struggled to get recognition in India and moved to Cambridge University in England in 1913 where he began collaborating with mathematician G.H. Hardy and made significant contributions before dying young in 1920 at age 32. Ramanujan made substantial unpublished contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions. India now celebrates his achievements and birthday annually with National Mathematics Day.