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The Indian '''Military Nursing Services''' is | The Indian '''Military Nursing Services''' '''(MNS)''' is a part of the [[Armed Forces Medical Services]] (AFMS) of the [[Indian Army]], originally formed under British rule in 1888.<ref>{{cite web |date=2022-10-01 |title=Military Nursing Service Celebrates Its 97th Raising Day |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1864452 |access-date=2023-03-03}}</ref> Officers in the MNS (Corps) are granted Short Service Commission initially and can opt for Permanent Commission based on selection and vacancy later, they are commissioned as officers in the Indian Army. Their ranks, commissioning, and promotions are officially recognized and published in the Government of India’s weekly Gazette Notification. This official document lists the names of officers upon commissioning and promotion within the Military Nursing Services. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
=== First World War === | === First World War === | ||
The [[Indian Army]] Military Nursing Service has its origin in the Army Nursing Service formed in 1888 as part of the [[British Army]]. The force went through many changes in its years of existence. In 1893, it was designated as Indian Army Nursing Service. The force went through further changes in 1902, when the Indian Nursing Service and the Army Nursing Service were combined and on 27 March 1902, it was redesignated to Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qaranc.co.uk/ | The [[Indian Army]] Military Nursing Service has its origin in the Army Nursing Service formed in 1888 as part of the [[British Army]]. The force went through many changes in its years of existence. In 1893, it was designated as Indian Army Nursing Service. The force went through further changes in 1902, when the Indian Nursing Service and the Army Nursing Service were combined and on 27 March 1902, it was redesignated to [[Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps|Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qaranc.co.uk/ |website=qaranc.co.uk|title=QARANC - Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps|access-date=2023-11-25}}</ref> At the outbreak of the World War in 1914 there were just fewer than 300 nurses in the QAIMNS, by the end of the war this had raised to 10,404. The Army nurses served in Flanders, the Mediterranean, the Balkans, the Middle East and onboard hospital ships. Of the 200 plus army nurses died on active service, many were Indians. After, the war on 1 October 1926, the Nursing Services was made a permanent part of British Indian Army. This date is now being celebrated as the Corps day of Military Nursing Service, though in actual its origins occurred 45 five years before (many Corps of the Army) the Army Medical Corps also traces its origin to more than hundreds of years back in the similar way, though it was constituted in the present form in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/arms/index_amc.htm|title=Army Medical Corps|date=|access-date=2023-11-25|archive-date=2008-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224040429/http://indianarmy.nic.in/arms/index_amc.htm|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://rnlkwc.ac.in/pdf/anudhyan/volume7/A%20brief%20history%20of%20the%20beginning%20of%20military%20nursing%20service%20in%20colonial%20India%20during%20late%20nineteenth%20century_Rajkumar%20Rana.pdf|title=A Brief History of the Beginning of Military Nursing Service|access-date=2023-11-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/medical-history/article/trained-army-nurses-in-colonial-india-early-experiences-and-challenges/B8F616B63BB7254A33302466A3D7AF04|title=Trained Army Nurses in Colonial India: Early Experiences and Challenges|date=2023-10-13|access-date=2023-11-25}}</ref>| | ||
=== Second World War === | === Second World War === | ||
With the outbreak of the Second world war, nurses once again found themselves serving all over the world, including Singapore, Burma, Italy, Mesopotamia, Ceylon, Egypt and Western Africa. The changing working conditions and wartime shortages led to changes in uniform. Khaki slacks and battledress blouses replaced the grey and scarlet ward dress and rank insignia was adopted to signify the officer status of the nurses. In the Far East, the fall of Hong Kong and Singapore led to many army nurses (including Indian) being captured by the Japanese and endured terrible hardships and deprivations of the Far East prisoner-of-war camps. During the middle of the war in 1943, the Indian arm of the Nursing Services was separated through Indian Military Nursing Service Ordinance, 1943 and redesignated, thereby constituting the Indian Military Nursing Service (IMNS). The IMNS was an auxiliary subject to the provisions of the Indian Army Act, 1911. However they were of commissioned officers ranking equally with Indian commissioned officers. This was the first time in the history of the Indian Army women were granted commissioned officer ranks. | With the outbreak of the Second world war, nurses once again found themselves serving all over the world, including Singapore, Burma, Italy, Mesopotamia, Ceylon, Egypt and Western Africa. The changing working conditions and wartime shortages led to changes in uniform. Khaki slacks and battledress blouses replaced the grey and scarlet ward dress and rank insignia was adopted to signify the officer status of the nurses. In the Far East, the fall of Hong Kong and Singapore led to many army nurses (including Indian) being captured by the Japanese and endured terrible hardships and deprivations of the Far East prisoner-of-war camps. During the middle of the war in 1943, the Indian arm of the Nursing Services was separated through Indian Military Nursing Service Ordinance, 1943 and redesignated, thereby constituting the Indian Military Nursing Service (IMNS). The IMNS was an auxiliary subject to the provisions of the Indian Army Act, 1911. However they were of commissioned officers ranking equally with Indian commissioned officers. This was the first time in the history of the Indian Army women were granted commissioned officer ranks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://164.100.158.23/military_nursing_service.htm|title=A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR ASPIRING YOUNG WOMEN|date=|access-date=2023-11-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031002/ncr3.htm|title=Military Nursing Service celebrates Raising Day | ||
|date=2003-10-01|access-date=2023-11-25}}</ref> | |||
=== Post Independence === | === Post Independence === | ||
After the independence in 1950, the Government of India constituted the Military Nursing Service (MNS) by issuing Army Instruction 274/50, to set the terms and conditions of service for the grant of regular commissions in the MNS forming part of the regular Army, subject to the Army Act, 1950. The IMNS stood subsumed in the MNS as on 12 August 1950, and the auxiliary force called IMNS formally cease to exist. The MNS was constituted as an all women, all officer Corps of the Indian Army, and it remains so. On 23 November 1954 the Central Government made the Army Rules, 1954 and brought MNS under the Army Rules along with every other Corps/ Service of the regular Army. Subsequently, on 3 January 1959, through Army Instruction 4/59, the Government of India re-designated the rank of the officers in the MNS to conform to the nomenclature used by the other officers of the regular Army. After having re-designated the rank in the MNS by the Government, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) through Army Order 501/63 laid down that the MNS Officers are required to salute and are entitled to salutes in the manner as other Commissioned Officers of the Army | After the independence in 1950, the Government of India constituted the Military Nursing Service (MNS) by issuing Army Instruction 274/50, to set the terms and conditions of service for the grant of regular commissions in the MNS forming part of the regular Army, subject to the Army Act, 1950. The IMNS stood subsumed in the MNS as on 12 August 1950, and the auxiliary force called IMNS formally cease to exist. The MNS was constituted as an all women, all officer Corps of the Indian Army, and it remains so.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1962788|title= Military Nursing Service celebrates 98th Raising Day|date=2023-10-01|access-date=2023-11-25}}</ref> On 23 November 1954 the Central Government made the Army Rules, 1954 and brought MNS under the Army Rules along with every other Corps/ Service of the regular Army. | ||
'''Army Rules and Orders''' | |||
Subsequently, on 3 January 1959, through Army Instruction 4/59, the Government of India re-designated the rank of the officers in the MNS to conform to the nomenclature used by the other officers of the regular Army. After having re-designated the rank in the MNS by the Government, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) through Army Order 501/63 laid down that the MNS Officers are required to salute and are entitled to salutes in the manner as other Commissioned Officers of the Army. | |||
On 5 December 1986, the Government of India issued the Defence Service Regulations, Regulations for the Army, 1987 for the administration of the regular Army. The said regulations addresses the MNS as a Corps/Service, and stated that officers in the MNS are Army Officers and will rank equally with male officers of the same titular rank, and on 5 December 1993, the Government of India amended the Army Rules 1954 and inserted the Rule 16A dealing with the retirement of officers of the regular Army from all Corps/ Services including the MNS. | On 5 December 1986, the Government of India issued the Defence Service Regulations, Regulations for the Army, 1987 for the administration of the regular Army. The said regulations addresses the MNS as a Corps/Service, and stated that officers in the MNS are Army Officers and will rank equally with male officers of the same titular rank, and on 5 December 1993, the Government of India amended the Army Rules 1954 and inserted the Rule 16A dealing with the retirement of officers of the regular Army from all Corps/ Services including the MNS. | ||
The Military Nursing Service is part of the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/dgafms/index.htm |title=Armed Force Medical Services |website=indianarmy.nic.in |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081109031816/http://indianarmy.nic.in/dgafms/index.htm |archive-date=9 November 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The AFMS consists of Army Medical Corps (AMC), Army Dental Corps (ADC). The AFMS personnel serve in the medical establishments of Army, Navy and Air Force. After independence, the Officers of MNS have not only served in India but have also played a role in United Nations peace keeping missions abroad in UN missions to Lebanon, Cambodia, Somalia and scores of other Nations. Many of such missions are still active and serve in hostile conditions in UN. | |||
==Rank structure== | ==Rank structure== | ||
[[File:MNS 2.jpg|thumb|305x305px|Officers of the Military Nursing Service]] | [[File:MNS 2.jpg|thumb|305x305px|Officers of the Military Nursing Service]] | ||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
|+ '''Military Nursing Service (MNS) Officer Ranks – India''' <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/florence-nightingales-of-the-indian-army-101630060497141.html|title=Florence Nightingales of the Indian army|date=2021-08-27|access-date=2023-11-25}}</ref> | |||
! Rank !! Insignia !! Appointment !! Superannuation Age !! Pay Level | |||
|- | |||
| Lieutenant || [[File:LtMNSwiki.jpg|alt=Insignia of Lieutenant MNS|thumb|533x533px|Insignia of Lieutenant MNS]]|| Nursing Officer || {{NA}} || Level 10 <BR>(PB-3) | |||
|- | |||
| Captain || [[File:CaptainMNSWiki.jpg|alt=Insignia of Captain MNS|thumb|533x533px|Insignia of Captain MNS]]|| Ward in-charge || {{NA}} || Level 10B <BR> (PB-3) | |||
|- | |||
| Major || [[File:MajMNSWiki.jpg|alt=Insignia of Major MNS|thumb|533x533px|Insignia of Major MNS]]|| Senior Nursing Officer || {{NA}}|| Level 11 <br> (PB-3) | |||
|- | |||
| Lieutenant Colonel || [[File:LtColMNSWiki.jpg|alt=Insignia of Lieutenant Colonel MNS|thumb|533x533px|Insignia of Lieutenant Colonel MNS]]|| Matron / Training In-charge || 60 years || Level 12A <br>(PB-3) | |||
|- | |||
| Colonel || [[File:ColMNSWiki.jpg|alt=Insignia of Colonel MNS|thumb|533x533px|Insignia of Colonel MNS]]|| Principal Matron / Admin Head || 60 years || Level 13 <br>(PB-4) | |||
|- | |||
| Brigadier || [[File:BrigMNSWiki.jpg|alt=Insignia of Brigadier MNS|thumb|533x533px|Insignia of Brigadier MNS]]|| Deputy Director General MNS (DDG MNS) || 60 years || Level 13A <BR>(PB-4) | |||
|- | |||
| Major General || [[File:MajGenMNSWiki.jpg|alt=Insignia of Major General MNS|thumb|533x533px|Insignia of Major General MNS]]|| Additional Director General (ADG MNS) || 60 years || Level 14 | |||
|} | |||
Presently there are no personnel equivalent to JCOs/OR in the Military Nursing Service. Other para-medical personnel such as Nursing Assistants and Ambulance Assistants are part of [[Army Medical Corps (India)|Army Medical Corps]] | Nursing Officers are posted to India's Most premier Military Hospitals across India.Presently there are no personnel equivalent to JCOs/OR in the Military Nursing Service. Other para-medical personnel such as Nursing Assistants and Ambulance Assistants are part of [[Army Medical Corps (India)|Army Medical Corps]] | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://indianarmy.nic.in/ Official website] | *[http://indianarmy.nic.in/ Official website] | ||
{{Indian_Army_Arms_and_Services}} | {{Indian_Army_Arms_and_Services}} | ||
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The Indian Military Nursing Services (MNS) is a part of the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) of the Indian Army, originally formed under British rule in 1888.[1] Officers in the MNS (Corps) are granted Short Service Commission initially and can opt for Permanent Commission based on selection and vacancy later, they are commissioned as officers in the Indian Army. Their ranks, commissioning, and promotions are officially recognized and published in the Government of India’s weekly Gazette Notification. This official document lists the names of officers upon commissioning and promotion within the Military Nursing Services.
History[edit | edit source]
First World War[edit | edit source]
The Indian Army Military Nursing Service has its origin in the Army Nursing Service formed in 1888 as part of the British Army. The force went through many changes in its years of existence. In 1893, it was designated as Indian Army Nursing Service. The force went through further changes in 1902, when the Indian Nursing Service and the Army Nursing Service were combined and on 27 March 1902, it was redesignated to Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service.[2] At the outbreak of the World War in 1914 there were just fewer than 300 nurses in the QAIMNS, by the end of the war this had raised to 10,404. The Army nurses served in Flanders, the Mediterranean, the Balkans, the Middle East and onboard hospital ships. Of the 200 plus army nurses died on active service, many were Indians. After, the war on 1 October 1926, the Nursing Services was made a permanent part of British Indian Army. This date is now being celebrated as the Corps day of Military Nursing Service, though in actual its origins occurred 45 five years before (many Corps of the Army) the Army Medical Corps also traces its origin to more than hundreds of years back in the similar way, though it was constituted in the present form in 1948.[3][4][5]|
Second World War[edit | edit source]
With the outbreak of the Second world war, nurses once again found themselves serving all over the world, including Singapore, Burma, Italy, Mesopotamia, Ceylon, Egypt and Western Africa. The changing working conditions and wartime shortages led to changes in uniform. Khaki slacks and battledress blouses replaced the grey and scarlet ward dress and rank insignia was adopted to signify the officer status of the nurses. In the Far East, the fall of Hong Kong and Singapore led to many army nurses (including Indian) being captured by the Japanese and endured terrible hardships and deprivations of the Far East prisoner-of-war camps. During the middle of the war in 1943, the Indian arm of the Nursing Services was separated through Indian Military Nursing Service Ordinance, 1943 and redesignated, thereby constituting the Indian Military Nursing Service (IMNS). The IMNS was an auxiliary subject to the provisions of the Indian Army Act, 1911. However they were of commissioned officers ranking equally with Indian commissioned officers. This was the first time in the history of the Indian Army women were granted commissioned officer ranks.[6][7]
Post Independence[edit | edit source]
After the independence in 1950, the Government of India constituted the Military Nursing Service (MNS) by issuing Army Instruction 274/50, to set the terms and conditions of service for the grant of regular commissions in the MNS forming part of the regular Army, subject to the Army Act, 1950. The IMNS stood subsumed in the MNS as on 12 August 1950, and the auxiliary force called IMNS formally cease to exist. The MNS was constituted as an all women, all officer Corps of the Indian Army, and it remains so.[8] On 23 November 1954 the Central Government made the Army Rules, 1954 and brought MNS under the Army Rules along with every other Corps/ Service of the regular Army.
Army Rules and Orders
Subsequently, on 3 January 1959, through Army Instruction 4/59, the Government of India re-designated the rank of the officers in the MNS to conform to the nomenclature used by the other officers of the regular Army. After having re-designated the rank in the MNS by the Government, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) through Army Order 501/63 laid down that the MNS Officers are required to salute and are entitled to salutes in the manner as other Commissioned Officers of the Army.
On 5 December 1986, the Government of India issued the Defence Service Regulations, Regulations for the Army, 1987 for the administration of the regular Army. The said regulations addresses the MNS as a Corps/Service, and stated that officers in the MNS are Army Officers and will rank equally with male officers of the same titular rank, and on 5 December 1993, the Government of India amended the Army Rules 1954 and inserted the Rule 16A dealing with the retirement of officers of the regular Army from all Corps/ Services including the MNS.
The Military Nursing Service is part of the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS).[9] The AFMS consists of Army Medical Corps (AMC), Army Dental Corps (ADC). The AFMS personnel serve in the medical establishments of Army, Navy and Air Force. After independence, the Officers of MNS have not only served in India but have also played a role in United Nations peace keeping missions abroad in UN missions to Lebanon, Cambodia, Somalia and scores of other Nations. Many of such missions are still active and serve in hostile conditions in UN.
Rank structure[edit | edit source]
| Rank | Insignia | Appointment | Superannuation Age | Pay Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lieutenant |  |
Nursing Officer | N/A | Level 10 (PB-3) |
| Captain |  |
Ward in-charge | N/A | Level 10B (PB-3) |
| Major |  |
Senior Nursing Officer | N/A | Level 11 (PB-3) |
| Lieutenant Colonel |  |
Matron / Training In-charge | 60 years | Level 12A (PB-3) |
| Colonel |  |
Principal Matron / Admin Head | 60 years | Level 13 (PB-4) |
| Brigadier |  |
Deputy Director General MNS (DDG MNS) | 60 years | Level 13A (PB-4) |
| Major General |  |
Additional Director General (ADG MNS) | 60 years | Level 14 |
Nursing Officers are posted to India's Most premier Military Hospitals across India.Presently there are no personnel equivalent to JCOs/OR in the Military Nursing Service. Other para-medical personnel such as Nursing Assistants and Ambulance Assistants are part of Army Medical Corps
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Military Nursing Service Celebrates Its 97th Raising Day". 2022-10-01. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ↑ "QARANC - Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps". qaranc.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ↑ "Army Medical Corps". Archived from the original on 2008-12-24. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "A Brief History of the Beginning of Military Nursing Service" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ↑ "Trained Army Nurses in Colonial India: Early Experiences and Challenges". 2023-10-13. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ↑ "A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR ASPIRING YOUNG WOMEN". Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ↑ "Military Nursing Service celebrates Raising Day". 2003-10-01. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ↑ "Military Nursing Service celebrates 98th Raising Day". 2023-10-01. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ↑ "Armed Force Medical Services". indianarmy.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 November 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ↑ "Florence Nightingales of the Indian army". 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2023-11-25.