page_title: Mahadev Desai
hierarchical_section_title: Mahadev Desai
context_page_description: 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".
context_section_description: Mahadev Desai (1 January 1892 – 15 August 1942) 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".
caption: Mahadev Desai (left) reading out a letter to Gandhi from the viceroy at Birla House.  Bombay, 7 April 1939.
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