Sudhakar Chaturvedi

Sudhakar Chaturvedi
Chaturvedi in 2008
Born
Sudhakar Krishna Rao[1]

(1897-04-20)20 April 1897 (claimed)
Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, India
Died27 February 2020
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
NationalityIndian
Known for

Pandit Sudhakar Chaturvedi (died 27 February 2020)[2][3] was an Indian independence activist, Vedic scholar, Indologist, and claimed supercentenarian. At the claimed age of 122 years, 313 days, some Indian newspapers reported him as the oldest Indian ever.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Sudhakar Chaturvedi: A Vedic scholar and social reformer". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 February 2020. Sudhakar Krishna Rao earned the title "Chaturvedi" for his scholarship in four Vedas. He translated them into Kannada and brought it out in 20 volumes.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference churumuri was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Many recent newspaper accounts are consistent with an 1897 date, but the biographical sketch in Seunarine's book mentioned below gives a date of 4 April 1901.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference toi9 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference toi09 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).