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{{Infobox person
| name = Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1901|12|25}}
| birth_place = Kumrava, [[Nawada district]], [[Bihar]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2015|12|30|1901|12|25}}
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India
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| occupation = [[Indian independence activist]]<br>[[Gandhian]]<br>Physician
| known for = [[Indian independence movement]]<br>[[Unani medicine]]
| parents = Mohammad Mohibbudin
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]
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'''Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri''' (1901–2015) was an [[Indian independence activist]], [[Gandhian]] and a physician of the [[Unani medicine|Unani system of medicine]].<ref name="A companion of Gandhi, Sharfuddin Quadri dies at the age of114 years">{{cite web | url=https://www.liverostrum.com/a-companion-of-gandhi-sharfuddin-quadri-dies-at-the-age-of114-years/1013477.html | title=A companion of Gandhi, Sharfuddin Quadri dies at the age of114 years | publisher=Live Rostrum | date=1 January 2016 | access-date=15 June 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref name="114 years old freedom fighter dies in Kolkata">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/114-years-old-freedom-fighter-dies-in-Kolkata/articleshow/50383361.cms | title=114 years old freedom fighter dies in Kolkata | publisher=Times of India | date=30 December 2015 | access-date=15 June 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref name="A 110 year-old doctor">{{cite web | url=http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPageView.jsp?page_id=16076 | title=A 110 year-old doctor | publisher=Harmony India | date=2016 | access-date=15 June 2016}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 2007, for his contributions to Indian medicine.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri was born on 25 December 1901 to Mohammad Mohibbudin, a Unani practitioner, at Kumrava of [[Nawada district]], in the Indian state of [[Bihar]].<ref name="Doc who marched to Dandi">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110217/jsp/bihar/story_13591704.jsp | title=Doc who marched to Dandi | publisher=The Telegraph | date=17 February 2011 | access-date=15 June 2016}}</ref> His family moved to Calcutta when he was in the mid-thirties where he spent the rest of his life. Learning [[Unani medicine]] from his father, he assisted his father in his practice. During this time, he was also involved in the Indian freedom struggle and participated in the [[Salt March]] in 1930, along with [[Gandhiji]] and was jailed.<ref name="114 years old freedom fighter dies in Kolkata" /> He continued his association with the freedom activists and when [[Rajendra Prasad]], who would later become the first president of India, fell ill due to respiratory problems, Quadri assisted his father in treating the future president.<ref name="Doc who marched to Dandi" />

Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri [[opposition to the partition of India|opposed the two-nation theory]] that advocated for the division of colonial India.<ref name="Naqvi2017">{{cite web |last1=Naqvi |first1=Raza |title=Meet the Muslim freedom fighters who strongly opposed the Partition of India |url=https://www.inuth.com/india/meet-the-muslim-freedom-fighters-who-strongly-opposed-the-partition-of-india/ |publisher=IE Online Media Services |access-date=22 August 2020 |language=en |date=14 August 2017}}</ref>

Quadri was the founder of '' Hikmat-e-Bangala'' a medical magazine focused on Unani system of medicine, but the magazine eventually was closed doen due to paucity of funds.<ref name="A 110 year-old doctor" /> In 1994, he assisted Syed Faizan Ahmad in founding the Calcutta Unani Medical College and Hospital. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honor of the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2007.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> He died on 30 December 2015, at the age of 114, at his Ripon Street residence in [[Kolkata]], survived by his seven children.<ref name="A 110 year-old doctor" />

== See also ==
* [[Salt March]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwlpOgMCRYI | title=2007 Padma Award Winner Hakim Sharfuddin Quadri | publisher=Shahzad Javed | work=Civil Investiture Ceremony - [[YouTube]] video | date=10 November 2014 | access-date=15 June 2016}}
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