Government Medical College, Nagpur

The Government of CP & Berar had taken another firm step in 1946 to appoint Col.A.N.Bose as a Principal and was entrusted with the responsibility of starting the basic departments of Anatomy and Physiology. In the beginning, the College was started in the Engineering School campus, Sadar, Nagpur. The pre clinical classes used to be held in the same campus, while clinical in Mayo Hospital. Col.A.N.Bose was M.D.,F.E.C.P. He was a man with vision, but strict disciplinarian. He was unmarried. That time there was no bungalow for Dean and he had to stay in Mount Hotel. He was always concerned for the development of institution. He was the person who picked up Professor Nigam and Professor Berry who became the teachers of National repute. He was very proud of his selection. His untimely death on 31t October 1948 was a great loss to this institution. The first batch was admitted in July 1947. The students were admitted from Nagpur as well as from Sagar University. The selection criteria was merit in inter science grade and an interview. With the starting of Medical College, threats was looming for closing down the LMP Course, the students of 1946 batch demonstrated on the road for 7 to 8 months under the leadership of Dr.Dubey, Dr.Tiwari and Dr.Rangilal. Shri Ravi Shankar Shukla the then Chief Minister was convinced about the problem and the whole batch was transferred to GMC in 1947. This batch was allowed to appear 6 months earlier to those who were admitted in 1947 directly to GMC. Out of them only seven students passed in the final examination and they became the first medical graduates of this institute.