Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis: Google Doodle honours pioneer of anthropometry studies

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis was remembered by Google on his 125th birth anniversary. Google paid tribute to the Indian scientist with a doodle by Nishant Choksi. Mahalanobis was born on June 29, 1893, in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in British India. He is remembered for the Mahalanobis distance, a statistical measure. He was also one of the members of the first Planning Commission of India. He made pioneering studies in anthropometry in India. He also contributed to the design of large-scale sample surveys. The noted scientist was born into a family of intellectuals. His grandfather Gurucharan moved to Calcutta from Bikrampur (now in Bangladesh) in 1854 and started a business. Gurucharan was influenced by Debendranath Tagore, father of Rabindranath Tagore. And Mahalanobis's life was very profoundly influenced by Rabindranath Tagore.