Mahadev Desai
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1892 – 1942
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Who was Mahadev Desai?
Mahadev Desai was an Indian independence activist 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 Ananda to Gandhi’s Buddha".
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- Born
- Jan 1, 1892
India - Education
- Elphinstone College
- University of Mumbai
- Lived in
- Gujarat
- Died
- Aug 15, 1942
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on July 23, 2013
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