Revisiting the forgotten student protests at Lahore's King Edward Medical College

Founded as Lahore Medical School in 1860 and renamed King Edward Medical College in 1911, KEMC was among undivided India's premier medical institutions. Historians say it rested on a rigid colonial hierarchy that kept Indian scholars from top posts. A student strike there was triggered by derogatory remarks about Indian medical scholars in British newspapers, reflecting a wider fight for professional parity.