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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 327,253 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Mahadev Desai is the 3,901st most popular writer (up from 4,556th in 2019), the 452nd most popular biography from India (up from 510th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

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  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mahadev Desai ranks 3,901 out of 5,755Before him are Josef Kajetán Tyl, Frédéric Dard, Mona Simpson, Susanna Hall, Nirmal Verma, and Ferdinand Freiligrath. After him are Francisco Balagtas, Thaddeus Bulgarin, Johann Most, Paavo Haavikko, Leigh Brackett, and Ma Duanlin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Mahadev Desai ranks 183Before him are Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, Fritz Kortner, Artur Rodziński, Mieczysław Horszowski, Francesca Bertini, and Peter Romanovsky. After him are Mississippi John Hurt, Ólafur Thors, Hal Foster, Kiyotake Kawaguchi, Jaan Kikkas, and Wendell Willkie. Among people deceased in 1942, Mahadev Desai ranks 155Before him are Nevile Henderson, Hugo Distler, Alexey Troitsky, Ants Piip, Frank Churchill, and Juhan Kukk. After him are José Díaz, Refik Saydam, Demetrios Petrokokkinos, Alfred Asikainen, Ludwig Aschoff, and Elmer Niklander.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mahadev Desai ranks 452 out of 1,493Before him are Yashpal (1903), Shammi Kapoor (1931), Rekha (1954), Derek Prince (1915), Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888), and Nirmal Verma (1929). After him are Birju Maharaj (1937), Saint Alphonsa (1910), Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898), Jagat Gosain (1573), Venkaiah Naidu (1949), and Suriya (1975).

Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Mahadev Desai ranks 73Before him are Krishan Chander (1914), Nagarjun (1911), Arundhati Roy (1961), Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887), Yashpal (1903), and Nirmal Verma (1929). After him are Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898), Dharamvir Bharati (1926), Kamini Roy (1864), Saadat Hasan Manto (1912), Kamala Surayya (1934), and Jayakanthan (1934).