When Andhra State was formed in October 1953, the Government of Andhra
decided to start a medical college in the Rayalaseema region of the
state. In Government Order Ms. No. 1835, Health, dated 29 November 1955,
the government of Andhra passed orders to establish a medical college,
the third one in the state at Kurnool.
As the building was not ready for the college the government decided to
admit 50 students intended for Kurnool Medical College at Kurnool City
in July 1956. When Andhra Pradesh was formed and the capital was shifted
to Hyderabad from Kurnool the erstwhile secretariat building was handed
over to the
The college was opened on 21 July 1956 by Sri T.T. Krishnamachari, the
then Finance Minister of India. Fifty students were admitted to the
M.B.B.S. course. Dr. C. Venkata Ramaiah was appointed as First Principal
and Special Officer of Kurnool Medical College.
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