History
In 1946 the family of Sir Ganga Ram started a medical college by the name Balak Ram Medical College named after a son of Sir Ganga Ram. Soon after independence in 1947, the college was closed and its premises abandoned. However, the medical professional Prof. Shujaat Ali with the help of his colleagues nurtured the idea of setting up a medical institution in the same premises for teaching female doctors. With this objective the team of Prof. Shujaat Ali asked the approval of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah for the institution to be named after his sister Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah. The Quaid approved the use of her name. Fatima Jinnah Medical College For Women, Lahore admitted its first batch of 39 students in October 1948 and was formally inaugurated in March 1949 by Khawaja Nazim-ud-Din, the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
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