National Statistics Day

• National Statistics Day is celebrated every year on the birthday of Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis.

• Professor Prashant Chandra Mahalanobis was born on 29 June 1893.

• This day is celebrated in honor of the contribution made by him in the field of statistics and economic planning.

• He is often called the father of Indian statistics. He established the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI). He is famous for Mahalanobis distance.

• It is a statistical measurement. It is used to find the distance between a point and a distribution.