Military Nursing Service

• Military Nursing Service (MNS) celebrated its 98^th Raising Day on Oct 1, 2023.
• As one of the oldest and most distinguished all-women services in the Armed Forces, the Service holds more than 5,000 officers posted at various hospitals of the Armed Forces.

BRIEF HISTORY

• The origin of MNS dates back to the pre-independence colonial era when British and Indian soldiers served in the British Army.
• The British Indian government established the Indian Army Nursing Services (IANS) in the year 1888.
• This marked the formal beginning of Military Nursing in India.
• The officers of IANS had played a crucial role in providing medical care to wounded soldiers during World War I and ll.
• On 1st Oct 1926, the Permanent Nursing Service was raised in the Indian Army and designated as the Indian Military Nursing Service.
• Post Independence, the MNS was established as part of the AFMS.