Sudhakar Chaturvedi
Chaturvedi in 2008
Born	April 20, 1897 (1897-04-20) (age 112)
Nationality	Indian

Sudhakar Chaturvedi (Kannada: ಸುಧಾಕರ್ ಚತುರ್ವೇದಿ) (born 20 April 1897)^[1] is a Vedic scholar who lives in Jayanagar, Bangalore in Karnataka, India. The surname Chaturvedi literally means "master of the four Vedas", but in the present time it has become a common surname; however, Sudhakar Chaturvedi is a Chaturvedi in the original sense as he has spent a majority of his life studying the four Vedas. He is a disciple of Swami Shraddhanand.^[2]

Chaturvedi was a contemporary of Mahatma Gandhi, whom he first met when studying the Vedas in a gurukula in northern India. Subsequently, he became an ardent follower of Gandhian methods. He was a witness to many events in the Indian independence movement, including being an eyewitness to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

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• "The Gandhians in our midst". The Hindu. 2003-10-02. http://www.hindu.com/2003/10/02/stories/2003100208930400.htm. 

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