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30th June 2016, 12:40 PM
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KGMU History
Hey I want to get some details for the King George's Medical University so can you please tell me about the history of the university so I can have an idea?
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30th June 2016, 01:02 PM
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Re: KGMU History
Well the King George's Medical University, for a while known as Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, is a medical school located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India The Maharaja of Vijanagaram wanted to start a Medical College in Lucknow In 1870 Due to less fund the idea was dropped In 1905 the visit of King-Emperor, George V, then Prince of Wales, inspired the idea of establishing a college to commemorate the occasion On 22 March 1906, the Secretary to Govt. U.P. wrote to the Registrar, Allahabad University The project was taken up by all and the Taluqdars and Zamindars of Agra and Oudh gave princely donations. Sir Harcourt Butler himself was largely responsible for rapid maturation of the scheme The university was Established in the year 1911 Principals W Selby (1911) CA Sprawson (1921–23 and 1926–29) SS Khan, (1923–25) H Stott (1925–26, 1929–31, 1932–37) BGS Acharya (1931–32) MAH Siddiqui (1937–38) W Burridge (1938–46) CP Misra (1946) BB Bhatia (1946–49) SN Mathur (1949–52) VS Manglik (1953–59) ML Gujral (1960–62) RV Singh (1962–77) BN Lall (1977–78) KP Bhargava (1978–84) BB Sethi (1985–86) BK Khanna (1986–92) PK Misra (1992–98) Ramesh Chandra (1998–2000) KN Sinha (2000) AM Kar (2000) KM Singh (2001–2003) Principal & VC Mahendra Bhandari (2003–2006) Hari Gautam (2006–07) SK Agarwal (2007–08) Saroj Chooramani Gopal (March 2008 to March 2011) DK Gupta (April 2011–April 2014) Ravi Kant (April 2014 – Present) Notable alumni Naresh Trehan Autar Singh Paintal B. K. Anand Krishan Chandra Singhal Ravindra Nanda Sunil Pradhan Mahesh Prasad Mehray Prem Nath Wahi Badri Nath Tandon Anil Kohli Address: King George's Medical University Shah Mina Road, Chowk, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226003 Phone: 0522 225 7540 |