WRITER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mahadev Desai has received more than 348,297 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Mahadev Desai is the 3,893rd most popular writer (down from 3,888th in 2019), the 480th most popular biography from India (down from 448th in 2019) and the 75th most popular Indian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Mahādevabhāīnī ḍāyarī
Diaries, Nationalists, Biography
1942
Be khudāī khidamatagāra
Politics and government, Nationalists, Biography
1938
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Biography, Authors, Urdu, Statesmen
1945
Eka Dharmayuddha
Textile industry, Strikes and lockouts, History
1922
The story of Bardoli
Passive resistance, Real property tax, Taxation
1929
A righteous struggle
Textile industry, Strikes and lockouts, History
1951
Eka Dharmayuddha
Textile industry, Strikes and lockouts, History
History of the textile industry strike in Ahmadābād, India, held during February-March 1918.
1922
The story of Bardoli
Passive resistance, Real property tax, Taxation
1929
Mahādevabhāīnī ḍāyarī
Diaries, Nationalists, Biography
Diary of an Indian nationalist.
1942
The epic of Travancore
Dalits, Social conditions
On untouchables of Travancore, Kerala.
1937
An autobiography
Biography & Autobiography, Nonfiction, Biography
Gandhi's non-violent struggles against racism, violence, and colonialism in South Africa and India had brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it as an opportunity to explain himself. He feared the enthusiasm for his ideas tended to exceed a deeper understanding of his quest for truth rooted in devotion to God. His attempts to get closer to this divine power led him to seek purity through simple living, dietary practices, celibacy, and a life without violence. This is not a straightforward narrative biography, in The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Gandhi offers his life story as a reference for those who would follow in his footsteps.
1927
Be khudāī khidamatagāra
Politics and government, Nationalists, Biography
Biography of Abdul Ghaffar Khan, b. 1891, Pushtun leader fought for independence of India.
1938

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mahadev Desai ranks 3,893 out of 7,302. Before him are Thomas Murner, Lydia Davis, Vitsentzos Kornaros, Christian Gotthilf Salzmann, Simin Daneshvar, and Mikheil Javakhishvili. After him are Ceija Stojka, Michael Blake, Giulio Angioni, Mia Couto, Ferenc Fejtő, and Maurice Scève.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Mahadev Desai ranks 181. Before him are József Nagy, Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, Lola Anglada, Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Jonni Myyrä, and Fritz Kortner. After him are Kiyotake Kawaguchi, Luis Trenker, Elmer Rice, Pierre Frieden, Lydia Lopokova, and Antonio María Barbieri. Among people deceased in 1942, Mahadev Desai ranks 157. Before him are Daniel Alomía Robles, Ants Piip, Natalya Kovshova, Joseph Larmor, Elmer Niklander, and Zofia Zamenhof. After him are Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Heinrich Burger, Nicholas Adontz, Emil von Sauer, Demetrios Petrokokkinos, and Racho Petrov.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mahadev Desai ranks 480 out of 1,861. Before him are Madhuri Dixit (1967), Girija Devi (1929), Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921), Rajaram I (1670), Balaji Vishwanath (1662), and Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV (1884). After him are Muthulakshmi Reddy (1886), Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889), Mamata Banerjee (1955), Somnath Sharma (1923), Sharad Pawar (1940), and Harish-Chandra (1923).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Mahadev Desai ranks 75. Before him are Altaf Hussain Hali (1837), Hansa Jivraj Mehta (1897), Firaq Gorakhpuri (1896), Nagarjun (1911), Bhalchandra Nemade (1938), and Faizi (1547). After him are Arundhati Roy (1961), Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887), Saadat Hasan Manto (1912), Krishan Chander (1914), Nirmal Verma (1929), and Balamani Amma (1909).

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