1887
Born In Erode, Tamil Nadu, on December 22
1903
Passes Matriculation examination from Town High School, Kumbakonam
1904
Joins Government Arts College, Kumbakonam
1905
Drops out of Kumbakonam college
1906
Joins Pachaiyappa’s College, Madras, only to leave without completing his studies
1911
Publishes first paper on Bernoulli Numbers
1912
Gets a job at the Madras Port Trust
Ramanujan is introduced to G.H. Hardy’s tract on ‘Orders of Infinity.’ He provides an answer to one of the problems posed by Hardy
1913
Ramanujan writes his first letter to Hardy
Hardy recognises Ramanujan as ‘a mathemacian of the highest class,’and tries to organise a visit by Ramanujan to England
1914
E.H. Neville, a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge meets Ramanujan in Madras and convinces him to go to Cambridge
Neville writes to University of Madras to support Ramanujan
University of Madras offers Ramanujan scholarship
On March 17, leaves for England
1916
Gets B.A. degree by research from Cambridge University
1917
Periodically hospitalised for treatment
1918
Becomes Fellow of the Royal Society
Elected to Trinity College Fellowship
1919
Returns to India
1920
Health deteriorates
Dies on April 26, 1920
1927
Collected papers of Ramanujan, edited by P.V. Seshu Aiyar, G.H. Hardy and B.M. Wilson and published by Cambridge University Press
