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T foundation stone for the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), established by the charitable trust of Nizam of Hyderabad as an Orthopaedic Hospital, was laid on 16th July 1961 [Figure 1] and it was formally inaugurated in 1964 in a grand ceremony attended by the Nizam's family besides other dignitaries [Figures 2-5]. This was done under the supervision and consultation of Dr. Ranga Reddy, an orthopedic surgeon. After more than a decade of establishing and delivering medical services, it was becoming increasingly difficult for the trust to meet the requirements of the large influx of patients. The erstwhile Government of Andhra Pradesh took over the reigns of the hospital and envisioned to upgrade it to a superspecialty hospital. The handing over of the hospital to the Government of Andhra Pradesh was done on the condition that the name of Nizam would always remain in the title of the institute. With mutual consent, the Nizam’s Orthopedic Hospital was taken on lease for 99 years and was named as Nizam’s Institute of Orthopedics and Specialties (NIOS); and, formally inaugurated on 13th February 1976 by the then Chief Minister, Mr. Vengal Rao. In the coming years, three more specialties (Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Cardiology) were added to the existing specialties and the Institute was named as Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS).