 It was started in 1947 with 10 beds initially, which has now grown into multi-speciality hospital with more than 1,400 beds.In the same campus, it is attached to Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College (LTMMC) which is a teaching institute for undergraduate and post graduate studies in medical sciences.It is named after Lokmanya Tilak, an eminent Maharashtrian freedom fighter in pre-independence India.