The first recorded evidence of arrangements being made for mental health patients in Kolkata goes back to this date.
D.G. Crawford in his book A History of the Indian Medical Service, 1600-1913 mentions that the proceedings of the Calcutta Medical Board of April 3, 1787, contain a memorial from “surgeon G.M. Kenderdine in charge of the Insane Asylum”.
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The board recommended to the government, in a letter dated May 7, 1787, the foundation of a regular asylum and nominated assistant surgeon William Dick to take charge. Dick was appointed on a salary of Rs 200 per month.
By November 1788, permission had been given for the establishment of a mental hospital for women.
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