World Unani Day 2023: 11 February

Category : Important Days Published on: February 15 2023

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World Unani Day is observed on February 11 every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of social reformer and renowned Unani scholar Hakim Ajmal Khan, widely regarded as the pioneer of Unani medicine in India.
Hakim Ajmal Khan, who was born on February 11, 1868, was an educator, a Unani physician, and the founder of scientific study in the Unani system of medicine.
The day commemorates Hakim Ajmal Khan’s contribution to the growth of Unani medicine in India and throughout the world.
The Theme of this year is “Unani Medicine for Public Health."
In 2017, Hyderabad’s Central Research Institute of Unani Medicine celebrated the first World Unani Day (CRIUM).