Dow Medical College January 6 1956: Academic Award Winners of Class of 1956; It was a very tumultuous period. politically with formation of Student political parties and the turmoil in the country. The students had realized their power; Violence and strikes were rampant and exams were postponed. There were 46 boys and 43 girls inRead More
Category: 1956
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Hunger Strike DMC 1956
Photo courtesy of Dr. Ahmed Sayeed Houston, Texas. Magazine Secretary of DMC Student’s Union with his friends on hunger strike to press for the student’s demands of a library and other facilities at the medical school.
Medicos Struggle 1956
Medicos Struggle 1956. Strikes by students of Dow Medical College Karachi to highlight their demands. Photo courtesy of Dr. Sayeed Ahmed MD Houston, Texas. To see more details in the photo please click on it.
Dow Athletes1956
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy was an eminent Bengali nationalist, liberal democrat, politician and statesman during the first half of the twentieth century. He served as the Prime Minister of Bengal in British India and was the fifth Prime Minister of Pakistan.[1][1][2] Born into a prominent Bengali Muslim family, Suhrawardy was educated at Oxford, and joined the Swaraj Party of Chittaranjan Das upon returning to India in 1921. He became the Mayor of Calcutta,Read More
Dow Medical College Roll of Honor October 1956
Roll of Honour October 1956. Photo courtesy of Dr. Ahmed Sayeed MD. To see the captions clearly please click on the photo. Please comment on the present whereabouts of the above honorees if known. Amin H. Karim MD
Hygiene Trip to Haleji Lake 1956
Photo courtesy of Dr. Ahmed Sayeed MD, Houston. Department of Hygiene has a long tradition of field visits to areas of Public Health interest. It must have started in the 1950’s and continued to the late 1970’s (not sure when the last Hygiene trip was) but there were none in 1990 per Dr. MasroorRead More
Dow Medical College Students Union Elections 1956
DMC Elections and Social evening. 1956 Photo courtesy of Dr. Ahmed Sayeed MD, Houston. To see details and read captions, please click on the photo and it will open in a new window. Amin H. Karim MD
Visitors to Dow Medical College 1956-57
Visitors to the Dow Medical College Karachi 1956-57. Photo courtesy of Dr. Ahmed Sayeed, Houston. To view the photo closely, click on the photo.
Busharat Ahmad MD
“After passing my Boards in Ophthalmology and doing research and teaching at the Harvard Medical School I decided to return home and joined the teaching faculty at the DOW. in 1969. Prof Mahmood Ali Shah had just retired as Principal and was the Professor of Ophthalmology at the Civil Hospital and really embraced me inRead More
Personal Memories of Dow by Busharat Ahmad MD (Class of 1956)
Personal memories and recollections. I migrated to Pakistan from Delhi India in October 1947 and joined D.J.S.Science College in Karachi and graduated with F.Sc. in 1949. I migrated to Pakistan from Delhi India in October 1947 and joined D.J.S.Science College in Karachi and graduated with F.Sc. in 1949.I applied to the Dow and was admitted inRead More