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Hakim Ajmal Khan

Indian physician and politician (–)

Hakim Ajmal Khan

In office
–
Preceded byC. Vijayaraghavachariar
Succeeded byChittaranjan Das
Born()11 February [1]

Delhi, British India

Died20 December () (aged&#;59)

Delhi, British India

Resting placeHazrat Rasool Numa compound in Panchkuian Road, Delhi, India
MonumentsDelhi Tibbia College and Jamia Millia Islamia
Nationality&#;British Indian
Occupation(s)Physician, Politician, Spiritual Healer, Sufi Mystic, Herbalist, Poet
Known&#;forFounder of Jamia Millia Islamia and Tibbia College, Delhi
Founding Member and President All-India Muslim League
President, Indian National Congress
Notable workHaziq
Children1
FamilyKhandan e Sharifi

Mohammad Ajmal Khan (11 February &#; 29 December ), better known as Hakim Ajmal Khan, was a physician in Delhi, India, and one of the founders of the Jamia Millia Islamia university in Delhi, India.

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 Jamia Millia Islamia's first chancellor in and remained in office until his death in [2][3]

Biography

Born on 11 February (17 Shawwal ), Khan descended from a line of physicians who had come to India during the reign of Mughal EmperorBabar.

His family were all Unani doctors (hakims who had practised this ancient form of medicine since their arrival in the country.

Ajmal khan biography of george floyd In , in the Khilafat Manifesto, they called upon the British to protect the Caliphate and the Indian Muslims to unite and hold the British accountable for the purpose. He worked for the well-being of Muslims as well as of Hindus. He gave his whole life in betterment of the Indians. He emerged to be a symbol of Hindu-Muslim unity.

They were then known as the Rais of Delhi. His grandfather, Hakim Sharif Khan, was a physician to Mughal Emperor, Shah Alam and had built the Sharif Manzil, a hospital-cum-college teaching Unani medicine.[4][5][6]

Hakim Ajmal Khan learnt the Quran by heart and as a child studied traditional Islamic knowledge including Arabic and Persian, before turning his energy to the study of medicine under the guidance of his senior relatives, all of whom were well-known physicians.[6] To promote the practice of Tibb-i-Unani or Unani medicine, his grandfather had set up the Sharif Manzil hospital-cum-college known throughout the subcontinent as one of the best philanthropic Unani hospitals where treatment for poor patients was free.[7] He completed his Unani studies under Hakeem Abdul Jameel of Siddiqui Dawakhana, Delhi.[7][3]

On qualifying in , Hakim Ajmal Khan became chief physician to the Nawab of Rampur.

Hailed as "Massiha-e-Hind" (Healer of India) and "a king without a crown". Hakim Ajmal Khan, like his father, was reputed to effect miraculous cures and to have possessed a "magical" medicine chest, the secrets of which were known to him alone.[7] Such was his medical acumen that it is said that he could diagnose any illness by just looking at a person's face.

Hakim Ajmal Khan charged Rs. per day for an out-of-town visit but if the patient came to Delhi, he was treated free, regardless of his position in society.

Khan proved to be the most outstanding and multifaceted personality of his era with matchless contributions to the causes of Indian independence, national integration and communal harmony.[7]

He took great interest in the expansion and development of the native system of Unani medicine and to that end built three important institutions, the Central College in Delhi, the Hindustani Dawakhana and the Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbia College better known as Tibbia College, Delhi, which expanded research and practice in the field and saved the Unani System of Medicine from extinction in India.

His untiring efforts in this field infused a new force and life into an otherwise decaying Unani medical system under British rule.[8] Khan proposed the absorption of Western concepts within the Unani system, a view diametrically opposite to that adopted by physicians of the Lucknow school who wanted to maintain the system's purity.[9]

Hakim Ajmal Khan also recognised the talents of chemist Dr.

Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, whose subsequent research into important medicinal plants used in the field gave Unani medicine a new direction.[10][3]

As one of its founders, Khan was elected first chancellor of the Jamia Milia Islamia University on 22 November , holding the position until his death in During this period he oversaw the University's move to Delhi from Aligarh and helped it to overcome various crises, including financial ones, when he carried out extensive fund raising and often bailed it out using his own money.[11][12]

Politics

Hakim Ajmal Khan changed from medicine to politics after he started writing for the Urdu weekly Akmal-ul-Akhbar launched by his family.

Khan also headed the Muslim team who met the Viceroy of India in Simla in and presented him with a memorandum written by the delegation. At the end of December , he actively participated at the Dhaka founding of the All India Muslim League on 30 December [13] At a time when many Muslim leaders faced arrest, Khan approached Mahatma Gandhi for help in , thereafter uniting with him and other Muslim leaders such as Maulana Azad, Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar and Maulana Shaukat Ali in the well-known Khilafat movement.

Khan was also the sole person elected to the Presidency of the Indian National Congress, the Muslim League and the All India Khilafat Committee.[6][3]

Death and legacy

Before he died of heart problems on 29 December , Hakim Ajmal Khan had renounced his government title, and many of his Indian followers awarded him the title of Masih-ul-Mulk (Healer of the Nation).

Ajmal khan biography of george Toggle the table of contents. He was selected as the president of Indian National Congress in Note: By posting your comments here you agree to the terms and conditions of www. Retrieved 22 August

Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari succeeded him as the Jamia Millia Islamia chancellor.[6][3]

Ajmaline, a class Ia antiarrhythmic agent and Ajmalan a parent hydride, are named after him.[14]

After the partition of India, Khan's grandson Hakim Muhammad Nabi Khan moved to Pakistan.

Hakim Nabi had learnt Tibb (how to practice medicine) from his grandfather and opened 'Dawakhana Hakim Ajmal Khan' in Lahore which has branches throughout Pakistan. The motto of the Ajmal Khan family is Azal-ul-Allah-Khudatulmal, which means that the best way to keep oneself busy is by serving humanity.

He is buried near Tibbia College Karol Bagh in Delhi where other members of his family were also buried.

The current location is near RK Ashram Metro Station.[15]

Quotes

  • "The spirit of non-cooperation pervades throughout the country and there is no true Indian heart even in the remotest corner of this great country which is not filled with the spirit of cheerful suffering and sacrifice to attain Swaraj and see the Punjab and the Khilafat wrongs redressed." – From the Presidential Address, Indian National Congress, Session, Ahmedabad.[6]

See also

References

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    6. Exchanges Between India and Central Asia in the Field of Medicine. Department of History of Medicine and Science, Institute of History of Medicine and Medical Research.

  6. ^Profile of Hakim Ajmal Khan Jamia Millia Islamia website, Retrieved 22 August
  7. ^ abcde"Who was Hakim Ajmal Khan?".

    website. Retrieved 16 November

  8. ^Sharif Manzil by Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman, Aiwan-i Urdu, Delhi, June , pp.
  9. ^"Sharif Manzil & Hindustani Dawakhana". website. April Retrieved 22 August
  10. ^ abcde"Hakim Ajmal Khan (–) President – Ahmedabad, ".

    Ajmal khan biography of george hamilton Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hakim Ajmal Khan. While its purpose was to create educational facilities for those students who had left government institutions at the call of Gandhi ji, Jamia did not participate in politics. Read Edit View history. He headed the Simla Deputation in , to meet Viceroy at that time of India.

    Congress Sandesh, Indian National Congress publication. Archived from the original on 3 May Retrieved 22 August

  11. ^ abcdHakim Syed Zillur Rahman (), Dillī aur t̤ibb-i Yūnānī (Dillī aur t̤ibb-i Yūnānī&#;ed.), Naʾī Dihlī: Urdū Akādmī, Dihlī, OL&#;M
  12. ^Masih-al Mulk Hakim Ajmal Khan by Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman, Shaida, (Souvenir), Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbia College Delhi,
  13. ^Alavi, Seema ().

    Islam and Healing: Loss and Recovery of an Indo-Muslim Medical Tradition, –. Palgrave Macmillan.

  14. ^"Hakim Ajmal Khan (Biography in Hindi language)". Publications Division, Government of India. Archived from the original on 24 September Retrieved 18 August
  15. ^"History of Jamia". Jamia Milia Islamia website.

    Ajmal khan biography of george bush Ajmal Khan came from the famous Sharif Khan family of Delhi-known after his great grandfather who made an immense contribution in keeping alive the two age-old native medical systems-Unani Tibbs and Ayurveda in the country at a time when these systems were getting a serious blow from the British rulers. Subscribe Newsletter. Other things happened whose details are skipped here. This idea became a central concern of his life.

    Archived from the original on 16 April Retrieved 16 January

  16. ^Faruqi, Ziaulhasan (). Dr. Zakir Hussain, quest for truth. APH Publishing. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
  17. ^Suhail Zaheer Lari (20 June ). "Dawn of freedom (founding meeting of All India Muslim League in )". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 22 August
  18. ^KARACHI: Experts for alternative medicine system Dawn (newspaper), Published 5 October , Retrieved 22 August
  19. ^"हकीम अजमल ख़ान की कहानी, जो हिंदू महासभा के अध्यक्ष भी रहे".

    Ajmal khan biography of george michael: Archived from the original on 24 September It was a prestigious University. Ajmal Khan came from the famous Sharif Khan family of Delhi-known after his great grandfather who made an immense contribution in keeping alive the two age-old native medical systems-Unani Tibbs and Ayurveda in the country at a time when these systems were getting a serious blow from the British rulers. The writer, Manzar Imam , is a Ph.

    BBC News हिंदी (in Hindi). 11 February Retrieved 12 February

Further reading

  • Andrews, C.F. (). Hakim Ajmal Khan A sketch of his life and career. Madras: G. A. Natesan.
  • Hakim Ajmal Khan, the versatile genius, by Mohammed Abdur Razzack.

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    • Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India,

  • Hakim Ajmal Khan by Zafar Ahmed Nizami, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, [1]
  • Hakim Ajmal Khan(Indian freedom fighters series), by Shri Ram Bakshi.

    Anmol Publications, ISBN&#;

  • Hakim Ajmal Khan (Hindi, Urdu and English Version) by Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman, National Book Trust, Government of India, New Delhi, India,

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