Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian scientist
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Place of Birth: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
About Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
- Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis OBE, FNA, FASc, FRS (29 June 1893 – 28 June 1972) was an Indian scientist and statistician.
- He is best remembered for the Mahalanobis distance, a statistical measure, and for being one of the members of the first Planning Commission of free India.
- He made pioneering studies in anthropometry in India.
- He founded the Indian Statistical Institute, and contributed to the design of large-scale sample surveys.
- For his contributions, Mahalanobis has been considered the father of modern statistics.
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