New Delhi: In an era when it is difficult for students to recite multiplication tables of 18 or 19, a class 8 student from Saharanpur in the state of Uttar Pradesh knows till 20 crore and has an ambition of becoming a scientist.

Chirag, a class 8 student from Saharanpur who knows multiplication tables till 20 crore, said, "I want to become a scientist and make my country proud."

Chirag also wants Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to come to his village.

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"I also want to call Modi ji and Yogi ji to my village," said class 8 student, reported news agency ANI.

Parents of the child are also ready to walk an extra mile so that the child's dream of becoming a scientist can turn into reality.

"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," said Narendra Singh, Chirag's father.