# Mahadev Desai

> Indian independence activist, writer and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary (1892–1942)

**Wikidata**: [Q772969](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q772969)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahadev_Desai)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/mahadev-desai


## References

1. [Mahadev Desai's Early Life. Navajivan Trust. 1953](https://books.google.co.in/books?hl=ru&id=iB8IAQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=surat)
2. [Remembering Our Leaders. Children's Book Trust. 1989](https://books.google.ru/books?id=7GAZay3vMVoC&pg=PA69&dq=mahadev+desai+died+Aga+Khan+Palace)
3. Virtual International Authority File
4. BnF authorities
5. [Source](https://books.google.co.in/books?id=FkkOAQAAMAAJ)
6. [Source](http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#GUJARATI)
7. International Standard Name Identifier
8. CiNii Research
9. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
10. [BnF authorities](http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12199664j)
11. CONOR.SI
12. Catalogo of the National Library of India