Mahadev Desai

Mahadev Desai
Desai with Mahatma Gandhi
Born(1892-01-01)1 January 1892
Surat, Bombay Presidency, British India (now Gujarat, India)
Died15 August 1942(1942-08-15) (aged 50)
Aga Khan Palace, Poona, Bombay Presidency, British India (now Pune, Maharashtra)
EducationElphinstone College
Years active1915–1942
Known forAssociate activism with Mahatma Gandhi
Spouse
Durgabehen
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(m. 1905⁠–⁠1942)​

Mahadev Haribhai Desai (1 January 1892 – 15 August 1942) 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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