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| | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, , Legends, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis profile, Hirakud Hydroelectric Project is based ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | Many thought he was wasting his time, but Rabinderanath Tagore, who had known him from childhood, Brajendra Nath Seal, Professor of Philosophy at Calcutta University, and Sir Nilratan Sircar, his maternal uncle, encouraged him. |
 | | Seal took a personal interest in the statistical studies of Mahalanobis and predicted that one-day statistics would become a basic scientific tool. |
 | | When in 1917 Seal wanted to look into the examination system of Calcutta University, Mahalanobis was consulted. |
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