Shaheed Hasan Khan Mewati Government Medical College (SHKM GMC), is an Indian Medical College in the

Nuh district Nuh district (formerly known as Mewat district) is one of the 22 districts in the Indian state of Haryana. There are four sub-divisions in this district: Nuh, Ferozepur Jhirka, Punahana, and Taoru. It has an area of and had a population of 1. ...

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ...

. The college is 75 km from

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

on National Highway 8, 47 km from

Gurgaon Gurgaon (pronunciation: �ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pronunciation: �ʊɾʊɡɾaːm, is a city located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest of the nationa ...

and 57 km from

Faridabad Faridabad is the most populous city in the Indian state of Haryana and a part of Delhi National Capital Region. It is one of the major satellite cities around Delhi and is located 284 kilometres south of the state capital Chandigarh. The ri ...

. The college provides undergraduate medical education (

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United K ...

). The college is accredited by the Medical Council of India.

History

The first foundation stone was placed on 18 July 2009, under the presence of Chief Minister,

Bhupinder Singh Hooda Bhupinder Singh Hooda (born 15 September 1947) is an Indian National Congress politician who is the current Leader of the Opposition in Haryana Legislative Assembly. He also served as the Chief Minister of Haryana from 2005 to 2014. When he b ...

, Gurgaon MP,

Rao Inderjit Singh Raja Rao Inderjit Singh Yadav is an Scion of erstwhile state of Rewari Indian politician and a Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Government of India. A member of the 17th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, he r ...

, Dr. Krishna Pandit, Azad Mohammed, and Nuh MLA,

Habib Ur Rehman Habib Ur Rehman (born November 1, 1957), popularly known as Nayab Sahab, is an Indian Politician and former member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Nuh Assembly constituency, Nuh constituency in the Nuh district (previously Mewat Dis ...

. In 2013, a Government of Haryana Legislative Act had officially established the medical college. The institution is named after

Raja Hasan Khan Mewati ''Raja'' (; from , IAST ') is a royal title used for South Asian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in South Asia and Southeast Asia. The title has a long history in South Asia and Southeast Asia, being attested fr ...

, the Muslim Khanzada Rajput ruler of

Mewat Mewat is a historical region of Haryana and Rajasthan states in northwestern India. The loose boundaries of Mewat generally include Hathin tehsil and Nuh district of Haryana, Alwar (Tijara, Kishangarh, Bas, Ramgarh, Laxmangarh, Kathumar t ...

who was

martyr A martyr (, ''mártys'', "witness", or , ''marturia'', stem , ''martyr-'') is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an externa ...

ed by the Mughals in the

battle of Khanwa The Battle of Khanwa was fought at Khanwa on March 16, 1527. It was fought between the invading Timurid forces of Babur and the Rajput confederacy led by Rana Sanga for suprermacy of Northern India. The battle was a major event in Medieval ...

, hence why he was given the honorific title of

Shaheed ''Shaheed'' ( , , ; pa, ਸ਼ਹੀਦ) denotes a martyr in Islam. The word is used frequently in the Quran in the generic sense of "witness" but only once in the sense of "martyr" (i.e. one who dies for his faith); ...

. The first batch was admitted from 2013. The current officiating director is Dr. Mukesh Kumar. The college includes a hospital located at .Google maps

References

External links

Official website

Old Website
{{Haryana Hospitals in Haryana Medical colleges in Haryana Universities and colleges in Haryana Teaching hospitals in India Nuh district Educational institutions established in 2012 Hospitals established in 2012 2012 establishments in Haryana

History

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