Military Nursing Service, MNS celebrated its 98th Raising Day today. It is one of the oldest and most distinguished all-women services in the Armed Forces. The Service holds more than five thousand officers posted at various hospitals of the Armed Forces. To commemorate the 98th anniversary, the serving and retired officers paid homage at the National War Memorial yesterday.
 
The origin of MNS dates back to the pre-independence colonial era when British and Indian soldiers served in the British Army. The British Indian government established the Indian Army Nursing Services in 1888. This marked the formal beginning of Military Nursing in India. The officers of IANS played a crucial role in providing medical care to wounded soldiers during the First and Second World Wars. On 1st October 1926, the Permanent Nursing Service was raised in the Indian Army and designated as the Indian Military Nursing Service.