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Description

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Agra a city of TAJ is an ancient and historical town A prestigious institute of Agra the Institute of Mental Health and Hospital Agra then known as Agra Lunatic Asylum was established in September 1859 governed by the State of Uttar Pradesh

It is spread over on extensive and beautiful ground of 1728 acres land and is well known center for the treatment training and research on mental disorders in Northern India

The institute was renamed as Mental Hospital Agra in 1925 It was being managed under the provisions of Indian Lunacy Act 1912 till 1993 Presently all admissions and discharges are being done under the provisions of Mental Health Act 1987

Following a public writ Honble Supreme Court of India in the Year 1994 renamed the Institution as Agra Mansik Arogyashala made it an autonomous institution and outlined the objectives to improve treatment and care of mentally ill persons including rehabilitation as well as to develop activities for professional teaching training and research

In compliance of the order of Honble Supreme Court the UPGovt declared Mental Hospital Agra as an autonomous institution on 31011995 In view of the objectives laid down by the Honble Court it was renamed as Institute of Mental Health and Hospital on Feb 8 2001

Lunatic asylums were established by the British in Indian based on the fact that the care of the insane was the responsibility of the Crown The first asylum was established in 1745 in Bombay followed by Calcutta in 1784 There were a few asylums until 1857 which mostly existed in the major cities of Calcutta Bombay and Madras The growth of lunatic asylums was facilitated by the enactment of the Indian Lunatic Asylum Act 1858 The Act set up guidelines for the establishment of lunatic asylums as well as the procedures for the admission of lunatics The Agra Asylum came into existence in 1859 The Agra Asylums was transformed into Mental Hospital Agar in 1925

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History

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Agra a city of TAJ is an ancient and historical town A prestigious institute of Agra the Institute of Mental Health and Hospital Agra then known as Agra Lunatic Asylum was established in September 1859 governed by the State of Uttar Pradesh

It is spread over on extensive and beautiful ground of 1728 acres land and is well known center for the treatment training and research on mental disorders in Northern India

The institute was renamed as Mental Hospital Agra in 1925 It was being managed under the provisions of Indian Lunacy Act 1912 till 1993 Presently all admissions and discharges are being done under the provisions of Mental Health Act 1987

Following a public writ Honble Supreme Court of India in the Year 1994 renamed the Institution as Agra Mansik Arogyashala made it an autonomous institution and outlined the objectives to improve treatment and care of mentally ill persons including rehabilitation as well as to develop activities for professional teaching training and research

In compliance of the order of Honble Supreme Court the UPGovt declared Mental Hospital Agra as an autonomous institution on 31011995 In view of the objectives laid down by the Honble Court it was renamed as Institute of Mental Health and Hospital on Feb 8 2001

Lunatic asylums were established by the British in Indian based on the fact that the care of the insane was the responsibility of the Crown The first asylum was established in 1745 in Bombay followed by Calcutta in 1784 There were a few asylums until 1857 which mostly existed in the major cities of Calcutta Bombay and Madras The growth of lunatic asylums was facilitated by the enactment of the Indian Lunatic Asylum Act 1858 The Act set up guidelines for the establishment of lunatic asylums as well as the procedures for the admission of lunatics The Agra Asylum came into existence in 1859 The Agra Asylums was transformed into Mental Hospital Agar in 1925