Sudhakar Chaturvedi
Sudhakar Chaturvedi (Kannada: ಸುಧಾಕರ್ ಚತುರ್ವೇದಿ) (died 27 February 2020)[1][2] was an Indian Vedic scholar, Indologist, and alleged supercentenarian.[1]
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 Chaturvedi in 2008 | |
| Born | 20 April 1897 (claimed) |
| Died | 27 February 2020 (claimed age 122) Bangalore |
| Nationality | Indian |
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At the claimed age of 122 years, 313 days, some Indian newspapers reported him as the oldest Indian ever.[3] One report also claimed an age of 121 in 2011, which would put his birth in 1890.[4] Chaturvedi was a contemporary of Mahatma Gandhi, whom he first met when studying the Vedas in a gurukula in northern India.[5][4]
Chaturvedi died on 27 February 2020, at the claimed age of 122.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 If it works for the young man, it sure works for us, Churumuri, 12 September 2009
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Dancers leave audience spellbound", The Times of India, 28 Jun 2009
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "I have no desire for death: Pt Sudhakar Chaturvedi", Times of India, 2 Oct 2011, archived from the original on 2011-11-14, retrieved 2020-02-27
- ↑ N Bhanutej (18 July 1998), "Been there, seen that: 101-yr-old-man still rages at Dyer's "fire"", Indian Express, retrieved 2013-06-18
- ↑ Centenarian scholar Sudhakar Chaturvedi passes away