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{{short description|Medical College for women in Haryana, India}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Bhagat Phool Singh Government Medical College for Women
 | other_name             = BPS Government Medical College for Women, Sonepat
 | image                  = 
 | type                   = [[Medical College]] and hospital
 | established            = {{Start date and age|2013}}
 | director               = Dr. J. C. Dureja
 | address                = [[Sonepat]], Haryana, India
 | country                = India
 | colors                 = 
 | affiliations           = [[Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences]]
 | website                = {{URL|http://www.bpsgmckhanpur.ac.in/}}
}}
'''Bhagat Phool Singh Government Medical College for Women''' is a [[public university|public]] women's [[medical school|medical college]] at Khanpur Kalan in the [[Gohana]] in [[Sonepat district]] of [[Haryana]] in India. It is 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]] that was established in 1914. The college was inaugurated on [[International Women's Day]], 2013 by [[Sonia Gandhi]], congress party chief.<ref name="thehindu">{{cite news|title=Sonia inaugurates first all-women medical college|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/sonia-inaugurates-first-allwomen-medical-college/article4490212.ece|access-date=9 March 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=9 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sonia Gandhi inaugurates Women Medical College in Haryana|url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/HAR-congress-president-and-upa-chairperson-sonia-gandhi-inaugurates-medical-college--4202206-NOR.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207121732/http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/HAR-congress-president-and-upa-chairperson-sonia-gandhi-inaugurates-medical-college--4202206-NOR.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 December 2014|access-date=9 March 2013|newspaper=Daily Bhaskar|date=9 March 2013}}</ref>

== History ==
In 2008, the [[Chief Minister of Haryana]], [[Bhupinder Singh Hooda]] first announced the plan for establishing a women's medical college under the [[Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya|Bhagat Phool Singh Women's University]] at Khanpur Kalan<ref>{{cite news|title=Hooda promises medical college for women|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/28/stories/2008122855480700.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411035744/http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/28/stories/2008122855480700.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 April 2013|access-date=9 March 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=28 December 2008}}</ref> but got affiliation from [[Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences]] which was established in 2008 and became affiliating university of all Medical Colleges of [[Haryana]] state. On 1 March 2009, [[Sonia Gandhi]] laid the foundation stone of this college. The associated hospital of this college became operational in 2011 with 100 beds and a team of 21 doctors. This number has since grown to 450 beds and 211 doctors as of March 2013.<ref name="thehindu" />

==Campus==
The college is spread over 88 acres of land and was set up at a cost of {{INR}} 700 crores.<ref name="thehindu" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Haryana to get medical college for women|url=http://www.thesundayindian.com/en/story/haryana-to-get-medical-college-for-women/254/46898/|access-date=9 March 2013|newspaper=The Sunday Indian|date=5 March 2013|archive-date=3 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603020524/http://www.thesundayindian.com/en/story/haryana-to-get-medical-college-for-women/254/46898/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Courses and Affiliation==
Bhagat Phool Singh Government Medical College for Women undertakes the education and training of students in MBBS courses.  The college is recognised by [[National Medical Commission]] and is affiliated with the [[Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Colleges, National Medical Commission|url=https://www.nmc.org.in/information-desk/for-students-to-study-in-india/list-of-college-teaching-mbbs/}}</ref> Like all other Indian medical colleges, student admission in this college happens on the basis of merit through [[National Eligibility and Entrance Test]].

==Notable alumni==
*[[Manushi Chhillar]] – winner of [[Miss World 2017]] pageant and actress.

==See also==

{{Portal|India}}
* [[List of medical colleges in India#Haryana|List of medical colleges in Haryana]]

==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.bpsgmckhanpur.ac.in/ Official Website]

{{Universities in Haryana}}
{{Haryana}}

[[Category:Hospitals in Haryana]]
[[Category:Medical colleges in Haryana]]
[[Category:Teaching hospitals in India]]
[[Category:Sonipat district]]
[[Category:2011 establishments in Haryana]]
[[Category:Hospitals established in 2011]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 2013]]