Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbia College

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{{Infobox university
| name = Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbia College
| image_name =
| image_size = 160
| tagline =
| established = 1882
| founder = Hakim Ajmal Khan
| director = Raj Kumar Manchanda
| staff =
| faculty =
| provost =
| principal = Mohammad Zubair
| students =
| postgrad =
| doctoral =
| profess =
| alumni =
| address = [[Karol Bagh]]
| postalcode = 110005
| city = [[New Delhi]]
| state = [[Delhi]]
| country = India
| campus = Urban, {{convert|33.5|acre|km2}}<ref name="history_hindu">{{cite news|accessdate=2007-12-15|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2003/12/25/stories/2003122501080300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041112093024/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2003/12/25/stories/2003122501080300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-11-12|title= Old medicine, new learners|last=Sah|first=Ram Swarth|date=2003-12-25|work= [[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
| affiliations = [[University of Delhi]]
| website = www.autch.delhi.gov.in
}}
The '''Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbia College''', also popularly known as '''Tibbia College''', is an institution under the Government of Delhi, located at Karol Bagh in [[New Delhi]], [[India]]. The institution which offers education and training in [[Ayurvedic]] and [[Unani]] medicine, has its origins dating back to the late 19th century. The college, whose foundation was laid by [[Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst]] on 29 March 1916, the then [[Viceroy of India]] and was inaugurated by the Father of the Nation, [[Mahatma Gandhi]], on 13 February 1921, offers bachelor's (BAMS & BUMS) and masters (MD) degrees in Ayurvedic and Unani streams.

On 15 February 2008, a 60-bed maternity and child block in Tibbia College Hospital, and the [[Government of Delhi|Delhi government]] announced about its intentions of developing the college into a university, in recognition of the college's contributions to Ayurvedic and Unani medicine.<ref name="university">{{cite news|accessdate=2007-12-15|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/14/stories/2008021453950400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218040442/http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/14/stories/2008021453950400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-02-18|title= Tibbia College to become a university|work = [[The Hindu]]|date=2007-12-15}}</ref>

== History ==

=== Beginning years ===
It was first established by Hakim Abdul Majeed in 1882 in Gali Qasim Jan, a locality in [[Chandni Chowk]], one of the oldest and busiest markets in [[New Delhi]], [[India]]. In 1889, after inauguration by a local commissioner, it was referred to as Madrasa Tibbia that functioned under the Anjuman-e-Tibbia society.<ref name="history_hindu"/> After the death of Majeed in 1901, his younger brother Hakim Wasil took over the Madrasa and in 1903, Masih-ul-Mulk Mohammad Ajmal Khan (1863-1927 CE), better known as [[Hakim Ajmal Khan]] raised the quality of the institution.<ref name="history_hindu"/> The efforts of Hakim Ajmal Khan helped extend the site over an area more than of 50 [[acre]]s including a garden of herbs (Jadi Booti Bagh) across the road. At present is named after Hakim Ajmal Khan as "Ajmal Khan Park" maintained by MCD. The road has also been named after Hakim Ajmal Khan as "Ajmal Khan Road", a popular shopping area of Delhi.

=== Inauguration ===
After its foundation laid down by Lord Hardinge, the then Viceroy of India on 29 March 1916, the college had buildings that housed classrooms, [[laboratory|laboratories]], hospital [[pharmacy|pharmacies]], [[hostel]]s, office and staff quarters.<ref name="history_hindu"/> A mix of [[classical architecture|classical]], [[architecture of the United Kingdom|colonial]], [[Mughal architecture|Mughul]] and [[Indian architecture]] was utilized for constructing the College buildings.<ref name="history_hindu"/> This institution was the first architectural marvel in the newly founded capital of India.It came into existence much before the parliament, north and south avenues, India Gate etc. This institution was inaugurated by Father of the Nation [[Mahatma Gandhi]] on 13 February 1921.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_health/Health/Home/Ayurvedic+and+Unani+Tibbia+Collage/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141119122009/http://www.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_health/Health/Home/Ayurvedic+and+Unani+Tibbia+Collage |archive-date=19 November 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
Ajmal Khan previously corresponded with [[Mahatma Gandhi]] during the [[Khilafat Movement]], a [[political campaign]] launched mainly by [[Muslim]]s in [[British India]] in the [[aftermath of World War I|aftermath]] of the [[World War I]] and because of his close association with Gandhi, on 13 February 1921, the latter formally inaugurated the college.<ref name="gandhi_hindu">{{cite news|accessdate=2007-12-15|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/06/28/stories/2004062800360200.htm
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124064717/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/06/28/stories/2004062800360200.htm
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=2005-01-24
|title =The Hakims of Sharif Manzil|date=2004-06-28|work= [[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Moghul imprints in Delhi|author= R.V. Smith |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/03/28/stories/2005032801150200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050511104150/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/03/28/stories/2005032801150200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 May 2005 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=28 March 2005 }}</ref>

=== Effect of Partition Riots ===
The Partition Riots which spread to Delhi in September 1947 affected the functioning of the college. The refugees who settled in Karol Bagh took possession of the college building and its all furniture was disposed of, its property was ransacked and its boarding house was also occupied. This whole episode severely affected the working of the college. A majority of members of the governing body and students were Muslims, and many of them including Ajmal khan family members of the founder Hakim Ajmal Khan migrated to Pakistan in December 1947.<ref name="A History of Educational Institutions in Delhi">{{cite book|title= A History of Educational Institutions in Delhi|author= Ajay Kumar Sharma |publisher= [[Sanbun Publishers]]}}</ref>

== Activities ==

=== Research era ===

It was Hakeem Ajmal Khan's father, his brothers, and him who brought two ancient systems of medicine, [[Ayurvedic]] and [[Unani]], to one platform resulting in the institution to be one of its kind in India.<ref name="history_hindu"/> The main objective behind the institution is to promote Indian medical science and to amalgamate both these systems of medicine. Dr. [[Salimuzzaman Siddiqui]], a notable [[Pakistani people|Pakistani]] scientist in [[natural product]]s [[chemistry]] was requested by Hakeem Ajmal Khan to initiate the Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbi Research Institute.<ref name="salimuzzaman">{{cite news|accessdate=2007-12-15|url=http://www.dawn.com/weekly/science/archive/030412/science5.htm
|title= Salimuzzaman Siddiqui: pioneer of scientific research in Pakistan|last=Sandilvi|first=Ahmed|date=2003-04-12|publisher= [[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]}}</ref> He continued to be the institute's director until after Ajmal Khan's death in 1927.<ref name="gandhi_hindu"/><ref name="salimuzzaman"/>

Besides the college and hospital, Ajmal Khan and his brothers, Hakim Wasil Khan and Hakim Majeed Khan, helped establish Hindustani Dawakhana and Ayurvedic Rasayanashastra for manufacturing medicines.<ref name="history_hindu"/> The Dawakhana, which appears as a [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] cathedral with its curious blend of Asiatic and Latin architecture,<ref name="dawakhana">{{cite news|accessdate=2007-12-15|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-06-16/delhi/27159579_1_heritage-building-unani-architecture|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019185233/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-06-16/delhi/27159579_1_heritage-building-unani-architecture|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-19|title=Ajmal Khan's Dawakhana gets new lease of life|last=Basu|first=Arundhati|date=2003-06-16|work= [[The Times of India]]}}</ref> was founded in 1910. Due to the availability of the herbal garden within its campus, the dispensary was able to obtain [[patent]]s for 84 rare herbal formulae like Musafi, Sarbat-e-Sadar, Sekhon and Hebab-Kebatare.<ref name="dawakhana"/> The institution developed and researched several unparalleled medicines, such ''Rauwolfia serpentina'', the medicine to recover the [[Lunatic|lunatic mind]].<ref name="history_hindu"/>

=== Academic Programme ===

In 1973, the college was affiliated to the [[University of Delhi]].<ref name="history_hindu"/> The five and a half year degrees that are offered by the university are:

Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery
Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery

Besides under-graduate courses in Ayurveda & Unani stream, the post-graduate (MD/MS) courses are also imparted in the following specialties:

PG courses in Ayurveda:
i. Kaya chikitisa (Medicine)
ii. Kriya. Sharir (Physiology)
iii.Panchakarma
iv. Dravyaguna

PG courses in Unani:
i. Ilm-us-Saidla (Pharmaceutical Science)
ii. Munafe-ul-Aza (Physiology)
iii. Moalejat (Medicine)
iv. Amraz-Nissan wa Qabalat ( Gyanae & Obs)

=== Management ===

Previously this college and allied units were managed by a Board established under Tibbia College Act, 1952. This Act was repealed by another Act known as Delhi Tibbia College (Take Over) Act, 1998 and enforced by the Govt. of NCT of Delhi w.e.f. 1 May 1998.<ref>http://www.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_health/Health/Home/Ayurvedic+and+Unani+Tibbia+Collage/ at [[Delhi Government]]</ref>


==See also==
* [[Dawakhana Shifaul Amraz]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150502050544/http://du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=ayurvedic-unani-tibbia-college Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbia College] at [[Delhi University]] website
* [http://wikimapia.org/640038/Ayurvedic-and-Unani-Tibbia-College Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbia College] [[wikimapia]]
* [http://www.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_health/Health/Home/Ayurvedic+and+Unani+Tibbia+Collage/ Delhi government page]
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