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Mahadev Desai

1892 - 1942

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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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mahadev Desai is the 5,280th most popular writer (down from 3,893rd in 2019), the 709th most popular biography from India (down from 480th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mahadev Desai ranks 5,280 out of 7,302. Before him are Kitamura Tokoku, Henry Roth, John Hersey, Mihály Csokonai, Aubrey de Grey, and Elizabeth Hawley. After him are Jack Canfield, Anna Kavan, Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Alki Zei, Thea Beckman, and Vera Henriksen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Mahadev Desai ranks 253. Before him are Alfredo Foglino, Mykhaylo Semenko, Al St. John, Boris Hagelin, István Lichteneckert, and Georg Brustad. After him are Hilding Rosenberg, Maturino Blanchet, Per Bertilsson, Vincenzo Cuccia, Elmer Rice, and João Sassetti. Among people deceased in 1942, Mahadev Desai ranks 216. Before him are Frank Churchill, Jakob van Hoddis, Heinz Körvers, Joshua Pim, Stanisław Zaremba, and Joseph Dempsey. After him are Lucy Parsons, Max Bodenstein, Käthe Leichter, William Henry Young, Nevile Henderson, and Františka Plamínková.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mahadev Desai ranks 709 out of 1,861. Before him are Kedarnath Singh (1934), Hrithik Roshan (1974), Shivakumara Swami (1907), Kangana Ranaut (1987), Hasrat Mohani (1875), and Bhimsen Joshi (1922). After him are Kamal Haasan (1954), Dawood Ibrahim (1955), Freida Pinto (1984), Rahul Gandhi (1970), Naseeruddin Shah (1949), and Abhishek Bachchan (1976).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Mahadev Desai ranks 92. Before him are Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872), Amitav Ghosh (1956), Raghunath Murmu (1905), Yashpal (1903), Kedarnath Singh (1934), and Hasrat Mohani (1875). After him are Suryakant Tripathi (1899), Jayakanthan (1934), Bano Qudsia (1928), K. Shivaram Karanth (1902), Altaf Hussain Hali (1837), and Swarnakumari Devi (1855).

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