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World Unani Day - February 11

February 14 , 2020 1750 days 965 0
  • Every year, on February 11, the birth Anniversary of Hakim Ajmal Khan is celebrated as World Unani Day.
  • He was an Indian Unani Physician and a social reformer.
  • The main aim of this day is to spread awareness about Unani medical system, its preventive and curative philosophies.
  • The AYUSH Ministry organized a function to commemorate the day and it was attended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
  • The Unani Medicinal system originated in Greece.
  • It was introduced in India by the Arabs and Persians around the eleventh century.
  • Grandfather of Hakim Ajmal Khan was Hakim Sharif Khan and he was a physician to Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II.

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