World Unani Day - February 11
February 14 , 2020
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- 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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