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In 1943, this committee which consisted of: Dr. Hermends R. Wadhwani, the Minister of Public Health ; Col. J. E. Gray, the Inspector General of civil hospitals ; and Mr. Abhichand, the Executive Engineer, developed the plans for the Dow Medical College.

Major ( Later Lt. Col. ) Aziz K. M. Khan continued this project during the absence of Col. Gray.

The college was inaugurated by Sindh Governor Mudie in Hyderabad in 1945.

The first batch of the admitted students consisted of forty-five students among which there was a Muslim girl student named Ms. Fahmida Shaikh.