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HAKIM AJMAL KHAN
Pioneer of Unani medicin in Modern India
by David Osborn, MH, L,Ac.
Hakim Ajmal Khan was the pioneer of Unani medicin in modern India, as well as a freedom fighter and an associate of Mahatma Gandhi in the Indian independence movement. He was a populist and a nationalist, and fought hard on behalf of India's indigenous systems of traditional healing, both Ayurveda as well as his own tradition of Unani Tibb, against the British policy of suppressing indigenous healing systems in favor of Western medicine. He believed that Unani and Ayurveda should work together like a pair of eyes, and to this end, founded the Ayurveda and Unani Tibbiya College in Karol Bagh, Delhi.
Hakim Ajmal Khan was born on February 11th 1868, into a long line of Unani doctors, or Hakims, who first came to India during the reign of the Moghul emperor Babur in the 13th century. Hakim Ajmal Khan was the 17th Shawwal or title holder of this lineage of Unani physicia
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Hakim Ajmal Khan
Indian physician and politician (1868–1927)
Hakim Ajmal Khan | |
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| In office 1921–1922 | |
| Preceded by | C. Vijayaraghavachariar |
| Succeeded by | Chittaranjan Das |
| Born | (1868-02-11)11 February 1868[1] Delhi, British India |
| Died | 20 December 1927(1927-12-20) (aged 59) Delhi, British India |
| Resting place | Hazrat Rasool Numa compound in Panchkuian Road, Delhi, India |
| Monuments | Delhi Tibbia College and Jamia Millia Islamia |
| Nationality | British Indian |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, Politician, Spiritual Healer, Sufi Mystic, Herbalist, Poet |
| Known for | Founder of Jamia Millia Islamia and Tibbia College, Delhi Founding Member and President All-India Muslim League President, Indian National Congress |
| Notable work | Haziq |
| Children | 1 |
| Family | Khandan e Sharifi |
Mohammad Ajmal Khan (11 February 1868 – 29 December 1927), better known as Hakim Ajmal Khan, was a physician in Delhi, India, and one