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Tamil Nadu Medical University created

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Tamil Nadu Medical University created
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Presidential assent was given to the Tamil Nadu Medical University Act; the university opened in Madras in 1988 and later took MGR's name.

On 24 September 1987 President R. Venkataraman gave his assent to the Tamil Nadu Medical University Act, 1987, setting up a dedicated affiliating university for medical studies in the state. It started work in July 1988 and assumed responsibility for health sciences degrees, which the University of Madras had conferred until then. Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi renamed it in 1991 in honour of M. G. Ramachandran, giving it the title Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, with its seat at Guindy, Chennai.

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