President Draupadi Murmu awarded the President's Colour, the highest military honour, to the Pune-based Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) during its platinum jubilee year.
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President Draupadi Murmu awarded the President's Colour, the highest military honour, to the Pune-based Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) during its platinum jubilee year. Priests from Hindu, Muslim, Christian and Sikh religions conducted the consecration ceremony, after which Ms Murmu, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, presented the President's Insignia to the AFMC. The President's Colour, also known as the 'President's Mark', is the highest honor awarded to any military unit. AFMC was established on May 1, 1948. The institution conducts training of medical undergraduates and post-graduates, nursing undergraduates and post-graduates, dental postgraduates and paramedical staff. It is stated on the website of the institution that AFMC has the distinction of being the first medical college established by the armed forces of any country in Asia.
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