Q. Who established the Indian Statistical Institute on 17th December 1931?
Answer: P.C. Mahalanobis
Notes: Indian Statistical Institute is an educational institution of national importance which was established in 1931 by Prashant Chandra Mahalanobis at Presidency College, Kolkata. Its origins can be traced back to the statistical laboratory at Presidency College, Kolkata, established by Maha-Lanobis. who worked in the physics department of the college in the 1920s.

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