- 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.
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