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National Statistics Day is an annual event celebrated in India in June 29 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis.
Mahalanobis is called as the Father of Indian statistics.
Mahalanobis is one of the members of India’s first planning commission.
He played a pivotal role in the establishment of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in 1931.
World Statistics Day is observed on October 20.