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Major Landmarks

 

5000 BC

Use of medicinal plants by Egyptians as recorded in the Papyri

3000 BC

Medical writings by Mesopotamian Physicians

3000 BC

Establishment of some medical schools in Egypt like Heliopolis, Sais, Memphis,   Thebes and Abydos Medical Schools

3000 BC

Morphological study of the sheep’s liver in Mesopotamia

1800 BC

Kahun Papyrus dealing with women’s health and gynaecological

disorders

1600 BC

Edwin Smith Papyrus carrying description of 48 surgical cases

1552 BC

Berlin Papyrus dealing with medical and surgical cases

1300 BC

Hearst Medical Papyrus dealing with general ailments

1200 BC

Initiation of experimental method to study diseases and their treatments by Asclepius and his descendants

580-489 BC

Pythagoras introduced the four proximate qualities - hot, cold, wet and dry and described the crisis period of diseases.

500 BC

Discovery of the first antidote by Asclepius II

490-430 BC

Concept of four elements by Empedocles

460 BC

Concept of Atomism by Democritus

460-370 BC

Concept of four humours (Akhläö) and medical ethics by Hippocrates

384-322 BC

Comparative study of Anatomy and establishment of Lyceum Academy by Aristotle

370-287 BC

Theophrastus founded a Herbal Medical Museum

322-283

Alexandria’s Museum, Library and Medical Faculty were founded

310 BC

Erasistratus dissected human bodies and founded human physiology

305 BC

Herophilus (Father of Anatomy) dissected a large number of human dead bodies

1st Century AD

Compilation of illustrated book “De Materia Medica (Kitäb alÙashä’ish)

consisting of 600 drugs by Dioscorides

200 AD

Organization of the Unani System of Medicine by Galen

400-500 AD

Establishment of Academy of Jundishäpür, Iran

737-831 AD

Development of Pharmaceutical Chemistry by Geber

750-850 AD

Translation of Greek medical texts into Arabic

800 AD

Establishment of Bayt al-Ùikma (House of Wisdom), Baghdad for translation and compilation of Unani Medicine related works

800 AD

Introduction of Unani System of Medicine in India

865-925 AD

Description of infectious diseases by Muùammad ibn Zakariyya Räzé

936-1013 AD

Invention and description of surgical instruments by Abü al-Qäsim al- Zahräwé in his book, Kitäb al-Tañréf

980-1037 AD

Compilation of an encyclopedia of Unani System of Medicine Canon of Medicine (al-Qänün fi’l-Öibb) by Avicenna (Ibn Sénä)

1200-1526 AD

Development of Unani System of Medicine in India during Sultanate Period

1526-1857 AD

Development of Unani System of Medicine in India during Mughal Era

1595 AD

Establishment of Där al-Shifä’, the first Unani teaching hospital of Deccan founded by Sulöän Muùammad Qulé Quöub Shäh

1865 AD

Initiation of a course on Unani System of Medicine by Punjab University

1891 AD

Establishment of Madrasa Öibbiyya, Hyderabad, founded by Naväb Mér Maùbüb ‘Alé Khän Ãñif Jäh VI

1904 AD

Establishment of Hindustäné Dawäkhäna – a manufacturing unit of Unani Medicine in Delhi

1906 AD

Establishment of All India Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbi Conference by Ùakém Ajmal Khän

1909 AD

Establishment of Girls’ Tibbi School (Madrasa Öibbiyya Zanäna) by Ùakém Ajmal Khän

1920 AD

Resolution of All India Congress Committee for Promotion/Official Patronage of Indian Systems of Medicine (Ayurveda and Unani)

1921 AD

Inauguration of Ayurvedic & Unani Tibbia College, Delhi by Mahatma Gandhi

1926 AD

Establishment of Research Committee and Research Unit at Ayurvedic & Unani Tibbia College, Delhi

1927 AD

Establishment of Ajmal Khan Tibbiya College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh with five years degree programme of Unani System of Medicine

1935 AD

Establishment of Department of Unani Medicine (Maùkama Öabäbat Yünäné) in the State of Hyderabad by Mér ‘Uthmän ‘Alé Khän, VIIth Nizäm

1952 AD

Establishment of All India Unani Tibbi Conference by Ùakém ‘Abd al-Ùaméd

1962 AD

Establishment of Institute of History of Medicine & Medical Research, New Delhi

1963 AD

Establishment of Ibn Sénä Academy, Aligarh

1964 AD

Setting up of Unani Pharmacopoeia Committee by Government of India

1969 AD

Establishment of Central Council for Research in Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy

1970 AD

Setting up of Pharmacopoeial Laboratory for Indian Medicine (PLIM)

1971 AD

Enforcement of Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970, and establishment of CCIM

1972 AD

Initiation of Postgraduate education in Unani System of Medicine at Ajmal Khan Tibbiya College, AMU, Aligarh and Government Nizamia Tibbi College, Hyderabad

1978 AD

Establishment of Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, New Delhi

1979 AD

Passing of Pashchim Banga Unani Medicine Act

1983 AD

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

1983 AD

Setting up of West Bengal State Council of Unani Medicine

1983 AD

Setting up of Indian Medicines Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited (IMPCL)

1995 AD

Setting up of Department of Indian Systems of Medicine & Homoeopathy (ISM&H) in Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

2000 AD

Establishment of National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB)

2000 AD

Signing of MoU between CCRUM and CSIR for development of bio-active molecules from single and compound Unani drugs

2001 AD

Filing of patents on seven Unani formulations

2002 AD

Formation of National Policy on Indian Systems of Medicine & Homoeopathy

2003 AD

Constitution of Task Force for Unani Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) and Launching of TKDL (Unani)

2003 AD

Renaming of Department of Indian Systems of Medicine & Homoeopathy (ISM&H) as Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)

2004 AD

Establishment of National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM)

2004 AD

Signing of MoU between CCRUM and Vallabh Bhai Patel Chest Institute, Delhi for collaborative studies on bronchial asthma

2005 AD

Mainstreaming of AYUSH strategy adopted under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)

2006 AD

Signing of MoU between CCRUM and Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi for collaborative clinical studies/therapeutic trials

2006 AD

Signing of MoU between CCRUMM and Aligarh Muslim University in the area of drug standardization and quality control of Unani formulations

2007 AD

Signing of MoU between CCRUM and Lady Harding Medical College for collaborative research on infective Hepatitis

2008 AD

Establishment of Indo-US Centre for Research in Indian Systems of Medicine (CRISM), University of Missisippi (USA)

2008 AD

Signing of MoU between CCRUM and Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi for collaborative clinical research and standardization of drug

2010 AD

Establishment of Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine

2010 AD

Signing of MoU between CCRUM and University of Tehran, Iran

2010 AD

Signing of MoU between CCRUM and National Manuscripts Mission for preservation of Unani Medicine

2010 AD

Signing of MoU between CCRUM and University of Western Cape town, (SA) for development infrastructure of Unani Medicine in South Africa

2011 AD

Setting up of Unani Chair at University of Western Cape town, South Africa

2014 AD

Elevation of Department of AYUSH to a full-fledged Ministry of AYUSH

2015 AD

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)

2015 AD

Establishment of AYUSH Wellness Clinic at President’s Estate, New Delhi

2016 AD

Celebration of Hakim Ajmal Khan birthday as Unani day and Institution of annual AYUSH awards

2017 AD

Signing of MoU between CCRUM and Hamdard University, Bangladesh

2018 AD

Signing of MoU between CCRUM and Tajik State Medical University, Tajikistan

 


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