World Unani Day 2023

February 11, 2023

Hakim Ajmal Khan was a famous Indian Unani scholar. World Unani Day is celebrated on February 11 marking his birth anniversary. Unani, also called Yunani is Greek medicine. It was mainly developed by the Arabs and Persians. World Unani Day is celebrated to spread the findings of Hakim all over the world.

The theme of World Unani Day 2023

Unani Medicine for Public Health

History

Hakim invented the Unani Medical system. He worked hard and contributed several advancements to the field of Unani medicine. He founded three Unani institutions such as the Central College of Delhi, Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbia College, and Hindustani Dawakhna. All these institutions played a major role in spreading awareness of Unani medicine. In 2017, the AYUSH Ministry decided to celebrate his birth anniversary as Unani Day. In 2017, the CRIU in Hyderabad celebrated the first Unani day.

Awards

On World Unani Day, the CRIU, the Central Research Institute of Unani presents the CCRUM awards. CCRUM is the Central Council of Research in Unani Medicine.

In 2018, GoI launched several categories in UNANI medicine in the AYUSH awards.

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