Saharanpur’s 12-Year-Old Math Prodigy Knows Tables till 20 Crore!

12-year-old Chirag from Saharanpur knows multiplication tables till 20 crore.

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Can you tell me what’s 17,678 X 128 without taking an hour and physically calculating the result? This 12-year-old from Saharanpur can!

Chirag, who hails from a small district of Uttar Pradesh, at the age of 12 knows the multiplication tables till 20 crores.

The math wiz kid proudly shows off the medals and certificates he has won in various competitions. Studying in 8th standard, Chirag wants to become a scientist and dreams of making the nation proud.

I want to become a scientist and make my country proud. I also want to call Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to my village.

Chirag, Student

While beaming with pride with his child's achievement, Chirag's father Narendra Singh said that he will do all it would take to make his son a scientist.

We are from a poor family but we are ready to do everything to make him a scientist and we wish he makes the country proud.

Narendra Singh, Chirag’s Father

His teachers claim that he had always been prodigal and self-motivated and that’s why it was easier for the school authorities to motivate him to do better every day.

I was told by his teacher that this child is unique and that we can take him to the international level. So, I called him to my office and asked him how he could calculate so fast. He said I know tables till 300. We realised that if he could do this without any motivation, pressure or help, then with some help, he could go higher till say, 3,000 or even 3 lakh.

Vishwas Kumar, Principal

Calling him ‘one of a kind’, his friends say that they aspire to be like him and are very proud of his skills.

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