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*There is a book called A Brief History of Nursing in India and Pakistan by Alice WILKINSON, 1958."The author of this history was associated with nursing in India for more than forty years. Here she uses her close knowledge of nursing conditions throughout the country to chart the development of the profession from its earliest times. She also describes nursing specialities, including leprosy and tuberculosis work" [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6417940&referer=brief_results Seach for a Library] which has this book.  The British Library also has this book.  [http://books.google.com/books?id=PayPGQAACAAJ Google Books, No Preview link]
 
*There is a book called A Brief History of Nursing in India and Pakistan by Alice WILKINSON, 1958."The author of this history was associated with nursing in India for more than forty years. Here she uses her close knowledge of nursing conditions throughout the country to chart the development of the profession from its earliest times. She also describes nursing specialities, including leprosy and tuberculosis work" [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6417940&referer=brief_results Seach for a Library] which has this book.  The British Library also has this book.  [http://books.google.com/books?id=PayPGQAACAAJ Google Books, No Preview link]
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*A History of Nursing in the British Empire by Sarah A. Southall Tooley published 1906 has a section on India, pages 339-349. It is only available in [http://books.google.com/books?id=pndtAAAAMAAJ  Snippet View Google Books] but is available full view on the website  [http://www.archive.org/details/historyofnursing00toolrich archive.org] 
  
 
*[http://www.carefoundation.org.in/Clc_3.htm  Nursing in India] by Shubhada Sakurikar includes the following information:  
 
*[http://www.carefoundation.org.in/Clc_3.htm  Nursing in India] by Shubhada Sakurikar includes the following information:  

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  • There is a book called A Brief History of Nursing in India and Pakistan by Alice WILKINSON, 1958."The author of this history was associated with nursing in India for more than forty years. Here she uses her close knowledge of nursing conditions throughout the country to chart the development of the profession from its earliest times. She also describes nursing specialities, including leprosy and tuberculosis work" Seach for a Library which has this book. The British Library also has this book. Google Books, No Preview link
  • A History of Nursing in the British Empire by Sarah A. Southall Tooley published 1906 has a section on India, pages 339-349. It is only available in Snippet View Google Books but is available full view on the website archive.org

For many years nursing training was the preserve of Europeans and Anglo-Indians. The Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy (JJ) Hospital [Bombay] was the first to train nurses in western India. The first Indian lady to come forward for nursing training was Bai Kashibai Ganpat in 1891 in Bombay. In the years that followed, nursing schools were established all over the country in collaboration with government, state and private hospitals.

The Association of Nursing Superintendents was founded in 1905 at Lucknow. The organization was composed of nine European nurses holding administrative posts in hospitals. At the 1908 Annual Conference held in Bombay, a decision was taken to establish the Trained Nurses’ Association. This Association was inaugurated in 1909. The Nursing Journal of India (Nurs J India) began publishing in 1912. The Association of Nursing Superintendents and the Trained Nurses’ Association were amalgamated in 1922 and renamed The Trained Nurses’ Association of India (TNAI).

  • The British Library has The Nursing Journal of India from December 1926 (with a few scattered editions prior to this) to February 1939 and Cambridge University Library has an incomplete holding from 1935 to 1989. It would be expected there would be mention of many individual nurses in the Journals.
  • Military Nurses in India.

The Indian Nursing Service for the British Army in India was founded in 1888.Nurses were recruited in England. This became known as Queen Alexandra's Military Nursing Service for India in 1903, and in 1926 was amalgamated with Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service. This link gives more details. Select British Military Nurses and scroll down to Queen Alexandra's Military Nursing Service for India.
Records available in the British Library include
The Indian Nursing Service-Registers of Candidates IOR/L/MIL/9/430-432 1887-1920
Collection 262 Indian Nursing Service IOR/L/MIL/7/11316-11616 1886-1940 which includes items 262/1-262/270 and 262A /1-262A/188 with many individual names mentioned.
Collection 262/103 IOR/L/MIL/7/11421 1913 states Candidates for Queen Alexandra's Military Nursing Service for India must either be of British parentage or naturalised British subjects.
Nursing sisters and higher ranks are recorded in the Indian Army List from 1891. Staff Nurses are recorded from 1926.
Other records are listed in this British Library webpage.

  • Missionary women doctors in nineteenth century Delhi by Kaushik Das Gupta includes the following information:
    St Stephens Hospital, Delhi started a training School for nurses under Alice Wilkinson — the first trained British nurse who joined the hospital in 1908. Wilkinson became the hospital's nursing superintendent and is credited with raising the standard of nursing not only in St Stephen's but in the rest of India as well. She founded the Trained Nurses’ Association of India and worked as its secretary until 1948. This link is about St Stephen’s Hospital Delhi.