[1] 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.

[3] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2007, for his contributions to Indian medicine.

[5] Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri opposed the two-nation theory that advocated for the division of colonial India.

[3] In 1994, he assisted Syed Faizan Ahmad in founding the Calcutta Unani Medical College and Hospital.

He ran a dispensary at Haji Mohsin Square, Kolkata and treated patients free of cost.