Goa, a beautiful state on the west coast of India is celebrating its 36th Statehood this year. In 1976, the Goa Assembly issued a resolution seeking complete statehood; it was later recognised on May 30, 1987.
The first newspaper in the Hindi language, Udant Martand was published on May 30. Pandit Jugal Kishore Shukla started it as a weekly newspaper from Calcutta on 30 May 1826.
The day is observed on 29 June to popularise the use of Statistics in everyday life. The day commemorates the birth anniversary of Prof. P C Mahalanobis. The theme of National Statistics Day 2021 is Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)-2: End Hunger, Achieve Food Security and Improved Nutrition and Promote Sustainable Agriculture.