Assam Cabinet To Rename Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College In Barpeta

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday that the state government has decided to rename the Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College and Hospital as Barpeta Medical College and Hospital.

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was the fifth president of the country and the only one from Assam to have held the post.

Sarma claimed at a press conference that the decision was taken because all other government medical colleges in the state “were named in relation to the geographical entities”, such as the Gauhati Medical College and Dhubri Medical College.