5000 BC
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Use of medicinal plants by Egyptians as recorded in the Papyri
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3000 BC
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Medical writings by Mesopotamian Physicians
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3000 BC
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Establishment of some medical schools in Egypt like Heliopolis, Sais, Memphis, Thebes and Abydos Medical Schools
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3000 BC
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Morphological study of the sheep’s liver in Mesopotamia
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1800 BC
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Kahun Papyrus dealing with women’s health and gynaecological
disorders
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1600 BC
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Edwin Smith Papyrus carrying description of 48 surgical cases
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1552 BC
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Berlin Papyrus dealing with medical and surgical cases
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1300 BC
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Hearst Medical Papyrus dealing with general ailments
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1200 BC
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Initiation of experimental method to study diseases and their treatments by Asclepius and his descendants
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580-489 BC
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Pythagoras introduced the four proximate qualities - hot, cold, wet and dry and described the crisis period of diseases.
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500 BC
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Discovery of the first antidote by Asclepius II
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490-430 BC
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Concept of four elements by Empedocles
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460 BC
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Concept of Atomism by Democritus
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460-370 BC
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Concept of four humours (Akhläö) and medical ethics by Hippocrates
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384-322 BC
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Comparative study of Anatomy and establishment of Lyceum Academy by Aristotle
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370-287 BC
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Theophrastus founded a Herbal Medical Museum
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322-283
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Alexandria’s Museum, Library and Medical Faculty were founded
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310 BC
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Erasistratus dissected human bodies and founded human physiology
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305 BC
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Herophilus (Father of Anatomy) dissected a large number of human dead bodies
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1st Century AD
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Compilation of illustrated book “De Materia Medica (Kitäb alÙashä’ish)”
consisting of 600 drugs by Dioscorides
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200 AD
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Organization of the Unani System of Medicine by Galen
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400-500 AD
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Establishment of Academy of Jundishäpür, Iran
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737-831 AD
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Development of Pharmaceutical Chemistry by Geber
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750-850 AD
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Translation of Greek medical texts into Arabic
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800 AD
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Establishment of Bayt al-Ùikma (House of Wisdom), Baghdad for translation and compilation of Unani Medicine related works
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800 AD
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Introduction of Unani System of Medicine in India
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865-925 AD
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Description of infectious diseases by Muùammad ibn Zakariyya Räzé
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936-1013 AD
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Invention and description of surgical instruments by Abü al-Qäsim al- Zahräwé in his book, Kitäb al-Tañréf
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980-1037 AD
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Compilation of an encyclopedia of Unani System of Medicine Canon of Medicine (al-Qänün fi’l-Öibb) by Avicenna (Ibn Sénä)
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1200-1526 AD
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Development of Unani System of Medicine in India during Sultanate Period
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1526-1857 AD
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Development of Unani System of Medicine in India during Mughal Era
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1595 AD
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Establishment of Där al-Shifä’, the first Unani teaching hospital of Deccan founded by Sulöän Muùammad Qulé Quöub Shäh
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1865 AD
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Initiation of a course on Unani System of Medicine by Punjab University
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1891 AD
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Establishment of Madrasa Öibbiyya, Hyderabad, founded by Naväb Mér Maùbüb ‘Alé Khän Ãñif Jäh VI
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1904 AD
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Establishment of Hindustäné Dawäkhäna – a manufacturing unit of Unani Medicine in Delhi
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1906 AD
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Establishment of All India Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbi Conference by Ùakém Ajmal Khän
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1909 AD
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Establishment of Girls’ Tibbi School (Madrasa Öibbiyya Zanäna) by Ùakém Ajmal Khän
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1920 AD
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Resolution of All India Congress Committee for Promotion/Official Patronage of Indian Systems of Medicine (Ayurveda and Unani)
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1921 AD
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Inauguration of Ayurvedic & Unani Tibbia College, Delhi by Mahatma Gandhi
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1926 AD
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Establishment of Research Committee and Research Unit at Ayurvedic & Unani Tibbia College, Delhi
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1927 AD
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Establishment of Ajmal Khan Tibbiya College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh with five years degree programme of Unani System of Medicine
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1935 AD
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Establishment of Department of Unani Medicine (Maùkama Öabäbat Yünäné) in the State of Hyderabad by Mér ‘Uthmän ‘Alé Khän, VIIth Nizäm
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1952 AD
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Establishment of All India Unani Tibbi Conference by Ùakém ‘Abd al-Ùaméd
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1962 AD
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Establishment of Institute of History of Medicine & Medical Research, New Delhi
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1963 AD
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Establishment of Ibn Sénä Academy, Aligarh
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1964 AD
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Setting up of Unani Pharmacopoeia Committee by Government of India
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1969 AD
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Establishment of Central Council for Research in Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy
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1970 AD
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Setting up of Pharmacopoeial Laboratory for Indian Medicine (PLIM)
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1971 AD
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Enforcement of Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970, and establishment of CCIM
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1972 AD
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Initiation of Postgraduate education in Unani System of Medicine at Ajmal Khan Tibbiya College, AMU, Aligarh and Government Nizamia Tibbi College, Hyderabad
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1978 AD
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Establishment of Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, New Delhi
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1979 AD
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Passing of Pashchim Banga Unani Medicine Act
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1983 AD
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Incorporation of Chapter IV-A with separate regulatory provisions for Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani Medicine in the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and rules there under
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1983 AD
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Setting up of West Bengal State Council of Unani Medicine
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1983 AD
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Setting up of Indian Medicines Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited (IMPCL)
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1995 AD
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Setting up of Department of Indian Systems of Medicine & Homoeopathy (ISM&H) in Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
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2000 AD
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Establishment of National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB)
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2000 AD
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Signing of MoU between CCRUM and CSIR for development of bio-active molecules from single and compound Unani drugs
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2001 AD
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Filing of patents on seven Unani formulations
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2002 AD
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Formation of National Policy on Indian Systems of Medicine & Homoeopathy
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2003 AD
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Constitution of Task Force for Unani Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) and Launching of TKDL (Unani)
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2003 AD
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Renaming of Department of Indian Systems of Medicine & Homoeopathy (ISM&H) as Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)
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2004 AD
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Establishment of National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM)
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2004 AD
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Signing of MoU between CCRUM and Vallabh Bhai Patel Chest Institute, Delhi for collaborative studies on bronchial asthma
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2005 AD
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Mainstreaming of AYUSH strategy adopted under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)
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2006 AD
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Signing of MoU between CCRUM and Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi for collaborative clinical studies/therapeutic trials
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2006 AD
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Signing of MoU between CCRUMM and Aligarh Muslim University in the area of drug standardization and quality control of Unani formulations
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2007 AD
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Signing of MoU between CCRUM and Lady Harding Medical College for collaborative research on infective Hepatitis
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2008 AD
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Establishment of Indo-US Centre for Research in Indian Systems of Medicine (CRISM), University of Missisippi (USA)
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2008 AD
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Signing of MoU between CCRUM and Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi for collaborative clinical research and standardization of drug
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2010 AD
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Establishment of Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine
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2010 AD
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Signing of MoU between CCRUM and University of Tehran, Iran
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2010 AD
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Signing of MoU between CCRUM and National Manuscripts Mission for preservation of Unani Medicine
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2010 AD
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Signing of MoU between CCRUM and University of Western Cape town, (SA) for development infrastructure of Unani Medicine in South Africa
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2011 AD
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Setting up of Unani Chair at University of Western Cape town, South Africa
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2014 AD
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Elevation of Department of AYUSH to a full-fledged Ministry of AYUSH
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2015 AD
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Relocation of Literary Research Institute of Unani Medicine from Jamia Hamdard to Jamia Millia Islamia and its renaming as Hakim Ajmal Khan Institute of Literary & Historical Research in Unani Medicine (HAKILHRUM)
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2015 AD
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Establishment of AYUSH Wellness Clinic at President’s Estate, New Delhi
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2016 AD
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Celebration of Hakim Ajmal Khan birthday as Unani day and Institution of annual AYUSH awards
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2017 AD
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Signing of MoU between CCRUM and Hamdard University, Bangladesh
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2018 AD
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Signing of MoU between CCRUM and Tajik State Medical University, Tajikistan
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