World Unani Day observed on 11 February.

Why in news?

• World Unani Day is observed on February 11 every year to mark the birth anniversary of “Hakim Ajmal Khan”, an eminent Indian Unani physician.
• The first Unani Day was celebrated in 2017at the Central Research Institute of Unani Medicine (CRIUM), Hyderabad.
• The main objective is to spread the awareness in masses and action about healthcare delivery through the Unani system of medicine worldwide through its preventive and curative philosophy.

About Unani system of medicine

• The Unani system of medicine was introduced in India by the Arabs and Persians sometime around the eleventh century.
• India has the largest number of Unani educational, research and health care institutions.
• The Unani system of medicine originated in Greece. Its foundation was laid by Hippocrates.
• The system owes its present form to the Arabs who not only saved much of the Greek literature by rendering it into Arabic but also enriched the medicine of their day with their own contributions.

About Hakim Ajmal Khan

• Hakim Ajmal Khan was an eminent Indian Unani physician who was a versatile genius, a great scholar, a social reformer, a noted freedom fighter, an Unani medical educationist and founder of scientific research in Unani System of Medicine.
• He was one of the founders of the Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi.