India is a nation whose main livelihood is based on agriculture and we live peacefully in our own diversity.

P.C.Mahalanobis was a pioneer in using statistics and data to build the foundation stone to take decisions in India even for the policymakers of the government.

His works of statistics in agriculture and to understand the diversity of India using data made statistics just for the nation.

P.C. Mahalanobis’ birthday, 29 June, is celebrated as the National Statistics Day every year since 2007 in India.

PS: This is not to be confused with World Statistics Day on 20th October.

What is Statistics?

How was the journey of Statistics in India?

Why Statistics?

To celebrate the National Statistics Day in my own small way, I will share P.C.Mahalanobis’ views on these aforesaid questions in the articles one by one.

In this small article, I will share Mahalanobis’s view of Statistics.

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