All India Institutes of Medical Sciences
university system, a group of autonomous public medical schools of higher education
The All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is a group of autonomous government public medical universities of higher education under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. These institutes have been declared by an Act of Parliament as Institutes of National Importance. AIIMS Delhi, the forerunner institute, was established in 1956. Since then, 24 more institutes were announced. AIIMS is considered as pioneer health institution of Asia.
As of January 2023, twenty institutes are operating and four more are expected to become operational until 2025. Under premiership of Narendra Modi 20 AIIMS were announced and of which 13 have been operational.
History
The foundation stone of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi was laid in 1952, during the tenure of Rajkumari Amrit Kaur as India’s Health Minister; later, on February 18, 1956, introduced a new bill in the Lok Sabha (House of the People). The first AIIMS was established in 1956 under the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act, 1956. Originally proposed to be established in Calcutta, it was established in Delhi following the refusal of Chief Minister of West Bengal Bidhan Chandra Roy.
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The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3279500. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1956, 2023, 2025 and 1952.
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