Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri (1901–2015) was an Indian independence activist, Gandhian and a physician of the Unani system of medicine. He accompanied Gandhiji in the Salt March of 1930 and was a prison mate of the Indian leader when they were incarcerated by the British regime at Cuttack jail. He was the founder of a medical magazine, Hikmat-e-Bangala and was among the group of people who founded the Calcutta Unani Medical College and Hospital. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2007, for his contributions to Indian medicine.
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25 December 1901 Kumrava, Nawada district, Bihar, India
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Died |
30 December 2015 (aged 114) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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