The decision to celebrate World Pharmacists Day on September 25 was chosen to mark the anniversary of the founding of FIP in 1912. The FIP mentions: “World Pharmacists Day (25 September) marks the anniversary of the inception of FIP in 1912 and was adopted by the FIP Council in 2009. The Father of Pharmacy in India is Mahadeva Lal Schroff. He establishing pharmacy education in India . Born on March 6, 1902 at Darbhanga in Bihar. On the 25th of September is the annual World Pharmacists Day. 2024 year's theme is “Pharmacists: Meeting global health needs“.  the term “apothecary” referred to both the person who manufactured and dispensed medicines (lowercase “a” for our purposes), and the shop in which those medicines were sold (capitalized “A”).