Grant Medical College

In 1835, Sir Robert Grant, the then Governor of Bombay, visualized a systematic and scientific institution in Bombay for imparting comprehensive health care and medical training. The foundation stone of Grant Medical College was laid on 30th March 1843 and it was opened on 1st Nov. 1845 admitting the first batch of eight students. Sir Jamshetjee Jejeebhoy came forward with a munificent donation of rupees one lakh for establishment of a hospital, as clinical medicine cannot be learnt in the class rooms, but by the actual treatment of the patients who are admitted to the hospital attached to the medical college. The foundation stone of Sir J. J. Hospital was laid on 3rd Jan 1843 and the inauguration took place on 15th Mary 1845.