Mint: Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis: the physicist who gave India its statistical foundation
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Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis OBE, FNA, FASc, FRS 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 economic Planning Commission of independent India. He made pioneering studies in anthropometry in India. He founded the Indian Statistical Institute, and contributed to the design of large…
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science · Indian scientist and statistician (1893 –1972) · economist · mathematician · physicist · statistician · university teacher · pedagogue · also Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Prasantha Chandra Mahalanobis, P. C. Mahalanobis, Mahalanobis
Born 29 June 1893 · Died 28 June 1972 · Q561478
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Hindustan Times: Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis: Father of Indian statistics, founder of ISI
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2018· 6 entries
moneycontrol.com: Google celebrates 125th birth anniversary of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis with doodle
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NDTV: Google Doodle Celebrates Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis' 125th Birthday
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The Hindu: Multi-faceted Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, the subject of today’s Google Doodle
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The Financial Express: Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis honoured in Google Doodle: All you need to know about the great Indian scientist
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India TV: Google remembers the achievements of Indian scientist Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis on 125th birth anniversary with a Doodle
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India.com: Google Doodle Honors Indian Scientist Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis’s 125th Birth Anniversary
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2006· 1 entry
To celebrate Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis's birthday, 29 June, every year as "National Statistics Day" of India
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1972· 1 entry
Died 1972-06-28.
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1968· 2 entries
Awarded Padma Vibhushan (1968).
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Won Srinivasa Ramanujan Medal (1968).
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1961· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the American Statistical Association (1961).
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1959· 1 entry
The institute was declared as an institute of national importance and a Deemed university
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1957· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta (1957).
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1951· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Econometric Society (1951).
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1945· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1945).
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1944· 1 entry
Awarded Weldon Memorial Prize (1944).
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1942· 1 entry
Awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1942).
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1933· 1 entry
The Institute founded the journal Sankhya, along the lines of Karl Pearson's Biometrika
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1931· 1 entry
Career landmark: director (1931–1972).
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1930· 1 entry
In context of his study on racial likeness
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1915· 1 entry
Studied at King's College (1913–1915).
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1912· 1 entry
Studied at Presidency University (1908–1912).
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1908· 1 entry
Studied at Brahmo Boy's School (1904–1908).
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1893· 1 entry
Born 1893-06-29.
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1854· 1 entry
And built up a business, starting a chemist shop in 1860
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