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Jamnagar,
the main seat of princely state of Nawanagar was
well known as a seat of oriental studies. It has
a long list of renowned Ayurvedic physicians like
Zandu Bhattji and Rasa Vaidya Bavabhai Achalji.
The rulers of this state have patronised Ayurveda
since very early days. During the regime of Jam
Saheb Digvijay Singhji in 1940's and onwards Dr
P.M. Mehta was court physician (trained in western
medicine). He was a great learner and visionary.
Dr. Mehta impressed upon the king and the queen
of Jamnagar to establish a center for Ayurvedic
Studies. Hence, Shri Gulabkunwarba Ayurvedic Society
was established in 1940.
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In
1944 a palacious building was constructed with
generous contribution of the King of Nawanagar
(Jamnagar) and some other rich persons at the
cost of Rs.60, 00,000 /- and the building was
named as "Dhanwantari Mandir".
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Under
the banner of Shri Gulabkunwarba Ayurvedic
Society renowned and enthusiastic physician
of Ayurveda were collected and they materialized
the gigantic job of the translation of Charak
Samhita in three languages i.e. English,
Hindi & Gujarati which was published
by the society in six volumes.
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On
July 1st 1946 in Jamnagar a college for Ayurvedic
Studies was established and named as Shri Gulabkunwarba
Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya by the G.K. Ayurvedic Society.
Renowned Ayurvedic physician of the era Vaidya
Yadavji Trikramaji adorned the college as a first
Principal.
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After
independence in 1947 Govt. of India started to
work for revival of Ayurveda and few committees
were appointed and they recommended the establishment
of one advance Institution of Ayurveda. By that
time Jamnagar had got infrastructure and name
as seat of Ayurvedic learning. Hence in 1954 Govt.
of India started a premier research center for
Ayurveda in Jamnagar named as "Central Institute
for Research in Indigenous System of Medicine
(CIRISM)" with Dr. P. M. Mehta as its Director.
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In
1956 Govt. of India had started another Institute
in Jamnagar named as Post Graduate Training Center
for Ayurveda (PGTCA) with Vaidya Bhaskar V. Gokhale
as its Principal. In 1963 Govt. of India and Govt.
of Gujarat jointly decided to amalgamate three
Institutions viz. Shri G. A. Mahavidyalaya, CIRISM
& PGTCA and named it as Institute for Ayurvedic
Studies and Research (IASR).
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In
some big cities of Gujarat State viz. Surat, Ahmedabad,
Bhavnagar, Vadodara and Tankara Ayurvedic colleges
were already in existence. This prompted the assembly
of Gujarat State to pass legislation on 17.12.1965
to establish a University named as Gujarat Ayurveda
University with its head quarter in Jamnagar.
This University came in existence on January 5th,
1967 with Institute for Post Graduate Teaching
& Research as its constituent faculty and
other Ayurvedic Colleges of Gujarat State as affiliated
colleges.
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