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- 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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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 ". [1][2]
A sincere and disciplined man, Mahadev Desai had become what he could, passing through all the tests of life. He had gathered everything in his final moments of sacrifice. Handsome, good humored and noble at heart, he won the acclaim of all the major leaders of India.
Mahadev Desai — or Mahadevbhai as he was called — could not fulfil his lifelong desire to write Mahatma Gandhi’s biography because of his untimely death on August 15, 1942, aged 50, while imprisoned in the Aga Khan Palace in Pune.
Mahadev Desai was born on 1st January 1892, in the village of Saras in Gujarat's Surat district. We can better understand Mahatma Gandhi by taking a look at Mahadev Desai's diaries. From 1917 till his passing in 1942, Mahadev Desai served as Gandhi's private secretary.
Aug 15, 2014 · Mahadevbhai, the son of a poor primary school teacher, joined Gandhiji in November 1917 at the age of 25 and remained with him till his untimely death in 1942. He was only 50 at the time....
The Story of My Experiments with Truth (, lit. 'Experiments of Truth or Autobiography') is the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, covering his life from early childhood through to 1921. It was written in weekly installments and published in his journal Navjivan from 1925 to 1929.
Mahadev Desai was born in January 1892 at District Surat, Gujarat. He was the son of Shri Haribhai Desai. He was an arts and law graduate. He was a lawyer. Contact with Mahatma Gandhi attracted him to politics. He became the constant companion and personal secretary of the Mahatma.
