Aligarh is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Aligarh district,and lies 342 kilometres (213 mi) northwest of state capital Lucknow and approximately 130 kilometres (81 mi) southeast of the capital,New Delhi. The cities and districts which adjoin Aligarh are:Gautam Buddha Nagar,Bulandshahr,Sambhal,Badaun,Kasganj,Hathras,Etah and Mathura. As of 2011,Aligarh is the 53rd most populous city in India.
Unani or Yunani medicine is Perso-Arabic traditional medicine as practiced in Muslim culture in South Asia and modern day Central Asia. Unani medicine is pseudoscientific. The Indian Medical Association describes Unani practitioners who claim to practice medicine as quacks.
Syed Sulaiman Nadvi was a British Indian,and then Pakistani,Islamic scholar,historian and a writer,who co-authored Sirat-un-Nabi and wrote Khutbat-e-Madras.
Mohammad Ajmal Khan,better known as Hakim Ajmal Khan,was a physician in Delhi,India,and one of the founders of the Jamia Millia Islamia University. He also founded another institution,Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbia College,better known as Tibbia College,situated in Karol Bagh,Delhi. He was the only Muslim to chair a session of the Hindu Mahasabha. He became the university's first chancellor in 1920 and remained in office until his death in 1927.
The Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League (BaKSAL) (Bengali:বাংলাদেশকৃষকশ্রমিকআওয়ামীলীগ,English:Bangladesh Worker-Peasant's People's League;বাকশাল) was a political front comprising the Bangladesh Awami League,the Communist Party of Bangladesh,the National Awami Party (Muzaffar) and Bangladesh Jatiya League.
Syed Sir Ross Masood bin Mahmood Khan,was the Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University starting in 1929.
Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman is an Indian scholar of Unani medicine. He founded Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences in 2000. He had earlier served as Professor and chairman,Department of Ilmul Advia at the Ajmal Khan Tibbiya College,Aligarh Muslim University,Aligarh,for over 40 years before retiring as Dean Faculty of Unani Medicine. Presently,he is serving AMU as "Honorary Treasurer". In 2006,the Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri for his contribution to Unani Medicine.
Hakim Habibur Rahman was an Unani physician,litterateur,journalist,politician and chronicler in early 20th-century Dhaka.
Nisar Ahmed Faruqi was an Indian scholar and authority on Sufism in South Asia,with over 50 works and 700 articles to his credit.
Hakim Mirza Muhammad Kamil Dehlavi,also known as Shahid Rabay was an Indian Shia author and a practitioner of Unani medicine in Delhi.
Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences (IAMMS) is a trust registered under the Indian Trusts Act,1882. Mohammad Hamid Ansari,former vice-chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University,Aligarh,formally inaugurated it on 21 April 2001. Department of AYUSH,Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,Government of India gave accreditation to the academy in 2004 and promoted it as 'centre of excellence' in 2008. Membership of the academy is open to anyone who has an interest in the academy's activities particularly on history of medicine and history of science. Being a charitable organization,donations to the Academy are also exempted from Income Tax under section 80G of the Income Tax Act 1961.
Hakim Syed Muhammad Karam Hussain was an Unani practitioner from Tijara,Alwar.
Qazi Syed Mohammad Rafi was an Islamic religious fundamentalist from Mewat (Haryana) in British India. He was an influential personality in areas near Mewat and authored many books on religious issues.
Ghulam Mansoor was Subedar-Major in 1867 at Bhopal State.
Syed Afzal Ali was a person from Bulandshahr. Four of his sons were bestowed with the title of Khan Bahadur by British India,a rare distinction in a family of Indian history.
Abdul Matin was Tahsildar and ‘Kamdar’in the Bhopal state. He is a poet and author.
Hakim Abdul Aziz was a prominent Unani physician in British India.
The Inquilab is an Urdu-language daily newspaper published in India. It is owned by the Jagran Prakashan Limited,which also publishes Dainik Jagran. In 2017 it claimed a circulation of 127,255. It was founded by Abdul Hamid Ansari in 1938 as an underground newspaper during India's freedom movement against British.
