By Raamish Karatela Dow Medical College is one the oldest Medical Colleges in Pakistan. It was established under British rule in 1945 under the leadership of Sir Hugh Dow (the then Governor of Sind) and his Minister of Public Health, Dr. Hermandas Wadhwant. It has since then served as one of the premier and prestigiousRead More
Happy Birthday to Dow On December 10th, 2014, our Dow will be 69 year old. To all the Dowites since the first graduating class we say Happy Birthday. Happy birthday to our Alma Mater. This is the time to share the memories about your Dow Days. We will be posting few pictures, news items fromRead More
Let us take you through the Dow Time Tunnel! The great site to share your Dow days. From 1945 to 2013 hundreds of Dow Graduates share one common place we call our Dow. From the hallways of anatomy museum to the snack corner we all have lived through a very rich and active student life.Read More
From December 10th, 1945 to December 10th, 2013 Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone besmear’d with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars hisRead More
Late Lt. Col. Aziz K.M. Khan was the second Principal of Dow Medical College from December 31 1945 to January 25, 1953 and again from September 1 1954 to May 25, 1955. in 1984’s he suffered sudden death during the First symposium held at Dow Medical College in the presence of other doctors and students.Read More
Orignial Building of Civil Hospital Karachi inaugurated in 1898. Photo uploaded by Munir A. Shikari. Scanned and uploaded by Amin H. Karim MD November 28 2013
1941: Dow was first established in Hyderabad as a small medical school to grant only LSMF Qualification.
Dr. Kewalram Tarasingh Ramchandani was the first Principal of Dow Medical College, Karachi from June 1 1945 to December 30, 1945. (Ref: DowLink Special Edition 2008)
This article was first written for the first ever Dow Medical College site created in 1994 (read more on this elsewhere on this blog) and subsequently edited with the help of Dr. Shafi Quraishy and Dr. Iqbal Memon on the 50th Anniversary of Dow in 1995. Since then various forms and edited version were used inRead More
