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Mahadev Desai

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Indian independence activist, writer and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary (1892-1942)

WritersLived 1892 to 1942 · aged 50
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Mahadev Haribhai Desai was an Indian independence activist, scholar and writer best remembered as Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary. He has variously been described as "Gandhi's Boswell, a Plato to Gandhi's Socrates, as well as an Ānanda to Gandhi's Buddha".

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Yerawada JailYerawada JailMahadev Desai's obituary in Harijan, Gandhi's newspaperMahadev Desai's obituary in Harijan, Gandhi's newspaperSamadhis of Kasturba Gandhi and Mahadev Desai at Aga Khan Palace, PuneSamadhis of Kasturba Gandhi and Mahadev Desai at Aga Khan Palace, Pune

Awards 1

1955Sahitya Akademi Award in Gujarati

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Connected to Mahadev 2

Ghulam Mohammed SheikhAlso won Sahitya Akademi Award in GujaratiVarsha AdaljaAlso won Sahitya Akademi Award in Gujarati

Writers born in the 1890s 4

Hendrik Marsman49.6Muhammad Mahdi Al-Jawahiri49.6Yevgeny Polivanov49.7Maria Kuncewiczowa49.6

About this person

Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1892 to 1942 · aged 50
Written about in
23 languages

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