Pandit Sudhakar Chaturvedi (died 27 February 2020)[2][3] was an Indian independence activist, Vedic scholar, Indologist, and claimed supercentenarian.

[6] Chaturvedi was a contemporary of Mahatma Gandhi, whom he first met when studying the Vedas in a Gurukula in northern India.

[14] He was a witness to many events in the Indian independence movement, including being an eyewitness to the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

[16] He 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.

[21] In 2009 he was given a "Socio-Economic Development Teacher Award", by the Sri Kashi Sesha Sastri Charitable Trust.

[23] In 2010 he was given a "Living Legend" Award by IDL Foundation at a public function where he pledged to donate his eyes.

[25] Chaturvedi wrote over 40 books in the Kannada language and, as of 2008, was working on the publication of Vedic texts in 20 volumes.

[27] He was the moving spirit behind the Bangalore Arya Samaj, which published the Kannada monthly magazine Veda Taranga.