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- National Statistics Day is celebrated every year on 29 June.
- This year, the 18th National Statistics Day was celebrated under the theme “Use of Data for Decision Making.”
- In 2007, National Statistics Day was first celebrated.
- National Statistics Day is celebrated on the birthday of Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis.
- Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis was born on 29 June 1893.
- The day is celebrated in recognition of contributions made by him in the field of statistics and economic planning.
- He is often referred to as the father of Indian statistics. He founded Indian Statistical Institute (ISI). He is famous for the Mahalanobis distance.
- Mahalanobis distance is a statistical measure. It is used to find the distance between a point and a distribution.
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