GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN,SONIPAT

Bhagat Phool Singh Government Medical College for Women is a public women's medical college situated at Khanpur Kalan in the Gohana area of Sonepat district, Haryana, India. It is noted as the first women's Government Medical College of independent India and the first such institution in North India since Delhi's Lady Hardinge Medical College, established in 1914. The college was inaugurated on International Women's Day, 2013, by Sonia Gandhi, the Congress party chief. In 2008, then Chief Minister of Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced plans for the college under the Bhagat Phool Singh Women's University, though it later obtained affiliation from Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences. Sonia Gandhi laid the foundation stone on 1 March 2009. The associated hospital began operations in 2011 with 100 beds and 21 doctors, growing to 450 beds and 211 doctors by March 2013. The campus spans 88 acres and was built at a cost of ₹700 crores. The college offers MBBS courses, is recognised by the National Medical Commission, and admits students based on merit through the National Eligibility and Entrance Test. Notable alumni include Manushi Chhillar, winner of Miss World 2017.