Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbia College : The best in Ayurveda education

In the history of medical colleges in India, the namesAfter a long time, on February 15, 2008, the Delhi
of Ayurvedic colleges are a few in number. As fargovernment announced about its intentions of
the generation of Ayurvedic and Unani treatment inupgrading the college into a university, in recognition
India is concerned, the name of the Ayurvedic andof the college's contributions to Ayurvedic and Unani
Unani Tibbia college is simply the best.medicine. The institution has a hospital attached which
Renowned social worker and the pioneer Hakeemprovides treatment having one hundred and ten beds.
Abud Najeed Khan established the Ayurvedic &Practical training is also provided to all the students
Unani Tibbia College in the year 1889. The institution isstudying here. Thus, another milestone have been
located at Chandni Chowk, one of the oldest andachieved in the Medical Colleges in India.
busiest markets in New Delhi, India. In 1889, after theAdministration : Delhi being one of the major hubs for
formal;inauguration by a local commissioner, it wassuch treatment institutes, several colleges of this
referred to as the Madrasa Tibbia, and functionedclass are here. Its Ayurvedic & Unani Tibbia
under the Anjuman-e-Tibbia society. After the deathCollege is definitely a famous name among them. This
of founder Majeed in 1901, his younger brother Hakimcollege receives grants from University Grants
Wasil took charge of the Madrasa, and in 1903,Commission (UGC) and is affiliated to Delhi University
Masih-ul-Hakim Ajmal, better known as Hakim Ajmal(DU) in the year 1973. Ayurved ic and Unani Tibbia
Khan, raised the quality of education in the institution.College is a very popular institution that provides
The efforts of Ajmal Khan helped extend theScience (Ayurvedic) education to its students.
infrastructural site over an area of 50 acres includingCourses offered: The four-year Bachelor degrees
a garden of herbs.that are offered by the university are- Bachelor of
Five years after Lord Hardinge, the then Viceroy ofAyurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS), Bachelor of
India, laid the foundation stone of the Tibbia CollegeUnani Medicine and Surgery.
in the year 1916 on March 29, the institution hadOther activities: Besides the college and hospital,
buildings that comprised classrooms, laboratories,Ajmal Khan helped to establish a Hindustani
hospital pharmacies, hostels, office and staff quarters.Dawakhana and Ayurvedic Rasayanashastra for
The blend of classical, colonial, Mughul and Indianmanufacturing medicines. The Dawakhana, which
architectures was utilised for constructing theemerges as a Gothic cathedral with its curious blend
institute's buildings. Ajmal Khan previouslyof Asiatic and Latin architecture, was founded in the
corresponded with the Father of Nation Mahatmayear 1910. Due to the presence of the herbal garden
Gandhi during the Khilafat Movement, a politicalwithin its campus, the dispensary was able to get
campaign launched mainly by Muslims in South Asia inpatents for 84 rare herbal formulae like Sekhon,
the aftermath of the World War I. And,Musafi, Sarbat-e-Sadar, and Hebab-Kebatare. The
subsequently, for the association with Gandhi, oninstitution developed and upgraded research activities
February 13, 1921, the latter had inaugurated thein several unparalleled medicines, such as,
institution. There are several famous Medical collegesRoulfiaserpentina, the medicine to recover somebody
in Delhi.having mental problems.