23 Facts About Sudhakar Chaturvedi

Pandit Sudhakar Chaturvedi was an Indian independence activist, Vedic scholar, Indologist, and claimed supercentenarian.

Pandit Chaturvedi was reportedly born on 20 April 1897 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Sudhakar Chaturvedi was born in a Kannada Madhva Brahmin family.

Sudhakar Chaturvedi learned all the Shastras and Vedas in a traditional Gurukul Kangri University in Haridwar.

Sudhakar Chaturvedi was inspired by the life of Maharshi Dayananda Saraswati at young age and embraced Arya Samaj and its teachings for the rest of his life.

Pandit Sudhakar Chaturvedi was given his title "Sudhakar Chaturvedi", which literally means "master of the four Vedas," for his knowledge of the Vedas.

Sudhakar Chaturvedi was a disciple of Swami Shraddhanand at Gurukul Kangri in Haridwar, where he got his Veda Vachaspati degree.

Pandit Sudhakar Chaturvedi was a contemporary of Mahatma Gandhi, whom he first met when studying the Vedas in a gurukula in northern India.

Sudhakar Chaturvedi was a witness to many events in the Indian independence movement, including being an eyewitness to the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

Sudhakar Chaturvedi was known as Gandhi's Postman, as he took down and delivered letters dictated by Gandhi addressed to the Viceroys or Governors-General.

Sudhakar Chaturvedi lost the use of his right arm in 1938 while travelling with Gandhi, when the railwayman detached the last three compartments of the train as it was struggling to climb uphill.

Sudhakar Chaturvedi took part in the freedom struggle and was arrested at least 31 times during the freedom struggle, landing in prisons all over the country from Peshawar to Vellore.

Sudhakar Chaturvedi was offered the post of minister in the old Mysore state by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, which he turned down.

Sudhakar Chaturvedi continued his inspiration that he took from the life of Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati of the Arya Samaj.

Sudhakar Chaturvedi adopted a man named Arya Mitra as his son, and had three grandchildren.

Pandit Sudhakar Chaturvedi was the first teacher of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.

Sudhakar Chaturvedi woke up at 3 am or 3:30, going to bed by 7 pm.

Pandit Sudhakar Chaturvedi died on 27 February 2020, at the claimed age of 122.

Sudhakar Chaturvedi was honoured by Motilal Banarsidass for his contributions to Indology, when it celebrated its centenary in 2003.

Sudhakar Chaturvedi was honoured by his alma mater, Gurukul Kangri university, in 2010.

Pandit Sudhakar Chaturvedi has written over 40 books in the Kannada language and, as of 2008, was working on the publication of Vedic texts in 20 volumes.

Sudhakar Chaturvedi was announced in 2002 to be heading a project of the Arya Samaj to publish a 30,000-page treatise in Kannada on Veda Bhashya, and by 2009, three of the four Vedas and six volumes of the Rig Veda were released.

Sudhakar Chaturvedi was the moving spirit behind the Bangalore Arya Samaj, which published the Kannada monthly magazine Veda Taranga.