Background
Hakim Syed Atiqul Qadir belonged to the family of Gardēzī Sadaat and was born on 24 Ramadan 1328 Animal Husbandry / 1909 AD at Tijara.
Hakim Syed Atiqul Qadir belonged to the family of Gardēzī Sadaat and was born on 24 Ramadan 1328 Animal Husbandry / 1909 AD at Tijara.
He learned Quran by heart (Hafiz) in 1920. From 1920 to 1925, he went to Alwar for basic education from Mian Wahid Ali Shah of Alwar. In 1929, he took admission in the Bhupinder Tibbi College, Patiala and obtained the degree ‘Haziqul Mulk’ in 1931.
This college was named after Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala.
He was a practicing Unani Physician from Tijara and Bhopal. He started practicing Unani medicine with his father Hakim Syed Karam Husain at Dawakhana Shifaul Amraz, where he worked till 1947. After partition of India and complete devastation of the whole region of Alwar and Tijara, the family of Hakim Syed Atiqul Qadir migrated to Bhopal and started afresh the whole set up of the "Dawakhana".
Hakim Hafiz Syed Atiqul Qadir practiced Tibb continuously in Bhopal till 1975 and then off and on in Bhopal and Aligarh.
In 1934, he performed Hajj with his family members including father Hakim Syed Karam Husain. He died on 3 Rajab 1421 Animal Husbandry / 31 October 2000 AD at Bhopal and was laid in his family graveyard located at Church Road, Mohallah Jinsi, Bhopal.
From 1935 to 1947, he remained an active member of the Municipality of Tijara and took participation in the civic life of Tijara city.