- World Unani Day is celebrated once a year on February 11.
- It is celebrated in honour of Indian Unani scholar Hakim Ajmal Khan. This day marks his birth anniversary.
- He is widely thought of as the pioneer of Unani medicine in India.
- The theme of this year’s World Unani Day is “Unani Medicine-One Earth, One Health”.
- Hakim Ajmal Khan was born on February 11, 1868.
- Unani medicine is also known as Unani Tibb, Arabian medicine, or Islamic medicine. In Arabic, “Unani” translates to “Greek,”.
- World Unani Day originated in the year 2016. Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, announced its celebration in 2016.
- It was for the first time celebrated in 2017 at the Central Research Institute of Unani Medicine in Hyderabad.
