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Moti Lal Nehru Medical College (MLN
Medical College or MLNMC) is a medical school in Allahabad, India
that was founded in memory of Pt. Motilal Nehru.
On 7 November 1854,
Leslie Hudson, a member of British Parliament raised a question
about British Government's plan to open medical colleges in India
which was under the rule of British East India Company then.
Replying to that, Sir Charles Wood, the minister concerned announced
that by 1861 medical colleges would be opened in five cities of
India, namely Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Lahore and Allahabad.
Pt.Moti Lal Nehru was the chief spokesperson of the deputation that
called on Lord Curzon ,the then Viceroy of India ,on 17-11-1904 at
Allahabad in leadership of Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya. During this meet
Pt. Moti Lal Nehru reminded the Viceroy of the promise made by the
British Government 50 years back and told him that it was a matter
of deep regret that there was no medical college in Allahabad which
at that time was the capital of United Province (re-named as Uttar
Pradesh after independence).
It was to honour Pt. Nehru’s great efforts and will that MotiLal
Nehru Medical College was formally inaugurated on 5 May 1961 by
Honorable President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, just one day
prior to Nehru's 100th birthday, and a century after the proposed
time by the British Govt. Initially the premises of the British
District Jail at South Malaka were acquired for the college.
Pt. Moti Lal Nehru was kept imprisoned there in 1930 during British
rule for his leading role in the freedom movement and released only
after severe illness, which resulted into his death on 6 February
1931.
This jail is also well known for Shaheed Roshan Singh who was
sentenced to death here in the famous Kakori train robbery. Later,
in 1963, the Government House, which used to be residence of the
Governor of United Province in British era, was acquired for the
college while the jail premises were transformed into Swaroop Rani
Nehru Hospital of today(named after Pt.Moti Lal Nehru’s wife).
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