The one millionth digit of pi is a one

The value of pi is represented as 3.14159 or 22/7. However, pi is a transcendental number, which means that it is a nonterminating, nonrecurring decimal. Mathematicians have used computers to calculate the value of pi to millions of digits. The millionth digit after the decimal has been calculated and found to be the number ‘1’.

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Every year these notable dates fall on same weekdays

23rd January is the birthday of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, 30th January is Martyr’s Day, 1st May is the World Labourer’s Day, 2nd October is the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi and 25th December is Christmas. In every year (not a leap year), they will fall on the same day as the difference between any two of them is always a multiple of ‘7’, the number of days in a week. It is easy to see that between the given five days these are progressively 7, 91, 154 and 84.

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