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On February 18, 1956, the then minister of health, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, introduced a new bill in the Lok Sabha. She had no speech prepared. But she spoke from her heart. “It has been one of my cherished dreams that for post graduate study and for the maintenance of high
standards of medical education in our country, we should have an institute of this nature which would enable our young men and women to have their post graduate education in their own country,” she said.

The plan for a Central PG Medical Institute was envisioned in 1946 & the
1st PM of India, Chacha Nehru didn't find it important...

It took 10 years for Maharani to collect adequate funds & lay the foundation for Bharat's Number One Medical Institute & Hospital.

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was born.
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