world unani day

• World Unani Day is celebrated once a year on 11 February.

• It is celebrated in the honor of Indian Greek scholar Hakim Ajmal Khan. This day marks his birth anniversary.

• He is widely considered to be 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 11 February 1868.

• Unani medicine is also known as Unani Tibba, Arabic medicine or Islamic medicine. In Arabic, "Unani" is translated as "Greek".

• World Unani Day originated in the year 2016. The Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India announced its celebration in 2016.