Editing Mahadev Desai (section)

{{Short description|Personal secretary of Mahatma Gandhi}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Mahadev Desai
| image              = Mahadev Desai and Gandhi 2 1939.jpg
| caption            = Desai with [[Mahatma Gandhi]]
| birth_date         = {{birth date|df=yes|1892|01|01}}
| birth_place        = [[Surat]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] ({{small|now [[Gujarat]], [[India]]}})
| death_date         = {{death date and age|df=yes|1942|08|15|1892|01|01}}
| death_place        = [[Poona]], Bombay Presidency, British India ({{small|now Pune, [[Maharashtra]], India}})
| nationality        = [[Indian people|British Indian]]
| education          = [[Elphinstone College]]
| years_active       = 1915&ndash;1942
| known_for          = Associate activism with [[Mahatma Gandhi]]
| spouse             = {{marriage|Durgabehen|1905|1942}}
}}

'''Mahadev Haribhai Desai''' (1 January 1892&nbsp;– 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 [[James Boswell|Boswell]], a [[Plato]] to Gandhi's [[Socrates]], as well as an [[Ānanda]] to Gandhi's [[Buddha]]".<ref>{{cite news|title=Price of Freedom|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?238154|access-date=30 November 2012|newspaper=Outlook|date=15 August 2008}}</ref><ref name="hindu">{{cite news|last=Guha|first=Ramachandra|title=Mahadev ..|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2005/10/23/stories/2005102300210300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060112191452/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2005/10/23/stories/2005102300210300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 January 2006|access-date=30 November 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=23 October 2005}}</ref>