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Details on PC Mahalanobis.​

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P.C. Mahalanobis, in full Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, (born June 29, 1893, Calcutta [now Kolkata], India—died June 28, 1972, Calcutta), Indian statistician who devised the Mahalanobis distance and was instrumental in formulating India's strategy for industrialization in the Second Five-Year Plan (1956–61).

Born: June 29, 1893, Kolkata

Founded: Indian Statistical Institute

Answer 2

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Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis

P.C. Mahalanobis, in full Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, (born June 29, 1893, Calcutta [now Kolkata], India—died June 28, 1972, Calcutta), Indian statistician who devised the Mahalanobis distance and was instrumental in formulating India's strategy for industrialization in the Second Five-Year Plan (1956–61).

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.