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Historical Event on 6/28/1972
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/28/1972	Alauddin Khalji conquered the throne of Delhi. In July declared himself as the Sultan.
2/14/1658	Dara Sulaiman Shukoh was defeated in the struggle for Delhi throne Shuja's in the battle of Bahadurpur near Varanasi.
3/21/1997	Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts.
5/3/1947	Indian National Trade Union Congress Intak was established.
7/20/1829	Jankibai passed away in jail.
8/17/1998	National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.
5/21/1923	Keshavrao Kothavle `Lalit', editor of monthly magazine, was born.
1/27/1974	President V. V. Giri inaugurated the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and it was opened for public at Teen Murti House, New Delhi.
8/1/1994	The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force.
4/1/1954	French settlements in India pass under Indian control.

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