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Detailed explanation-1: -Silchar, 20 Nov: A first-of-its-kind institute on Unani medicine in the Northeast was inaugurated by Union Ayush Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in Silchar town of Assam on Sunday.

Detailed explanation-2: -GHAZIABAD: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate the largest National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM) centre in North India at Kamla Nehru Nagar on Sunday.

Detailed explanation-3: -At the closing ceremony of the 9th World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) in Goa on December 11, 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi digitally inaugurated the National Institute of Unani Medicine in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-4: -Unani medicine, like Western medicine, originated with Hippocrates and his followers. The Unani system of medicine is practiced widely in Persia, Pakistan, and India. It is also practiced in South Africa, England and other countries. The Unani system is sometimes called Hikmat or Unani-Tibb.

Detailed explanation-5: -Arab and Persian scholars and physicians like Rabban Tabari (775-890 AD), Al Razi (865-925 AD) and Ibn-e- Sina (980-1037 AD) raised Unani System of Medicine to the great heights.