Ramachandra Guha: महान गांधीवादी की स्मृति, गांधी जी के सचिव महादेव देसाई की कहानी / Remembering the Greatest Gandhian

By Dilip -

महात्मा गांधी के सचिव महादेव देसाई का 15 अगस्त, 1942 को निधन हो गया। अपने अंतिम दिनों में जब गांधी को एक ओर हिंदू-मुसलमान तनाव को दूर करने और दूसरी ओर नेहरू और पटेल की बढ़ती दूरियों को कम करने के प्रयास करने पड़ रहे थे, तब उन्होंने कहा था कि महादेव होते तो यह नौबत नहीं आती। सारे भारतीयों की तरह मैं भी यह सोचते हुआ बड़ा हुआ कि 15 अगस्त वह दिन है, 1947 में जिस दिन स्वतंत्र भारत की पहली सरकार ने शपथ ली थी। हालांकि हाल के वर्षों में इस दिन ने मेरे लिए एक अलग मायने दिए हैं, जिसका पहले से संबंध नहीं है।

एक बात हमेशा ज़हन में सवाल खड़े करती है 

मेरी चेतना में 15 अगस्त, 1947 के साथ 15 अगस्त, 1942 भी जुड़ चुका है, जिस दिन जेल में महादेव देसाई का निधन हुआ था। उनके योगदान के बिना भारत शायद कभी ब्रिटिश राज से मुक्त नहीं हो पाता, और फिर भी इस महान देशभक्त और स्वतंत्रता सेनानी को आज तक वह सम्मान नहीं मिला, जिसके वह हकदार थे।...

https://www.amarujala.com/india-news/the-memory-of-the-great-gandhian-if-mahadev-desai-had-been-there-this-would-not-have-happened

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Remembering the Greatest Gandhian

Like all other Indians, I grew up thinking of August 15 as the day when, back in 1947, the first government of independent India was sworn into office. However, in recent years the day has acquired for me another meaning, not unrelated to the first. In my consciousness, August 15, 1947, has been joined by August 15, 1942, which is the day that Mahadev Desai died in prison. Without his contributions, India might never have become free of British rule at all, and yet this great patriot and freedom fighter remains largely unhonoured today.

Perhaps he would have wanted it that way. From the time he joined Gandhi in Ahmedabad in 1917 until his death in the Aga Khan Palace a quarter of a century later, Mahadev entirely submerged himself in the service of the Mahatma. He was Gandhi’s secretary, typist, translator, counsellor, courier, interlocutor, trouble-shooter and much more. He even cooked for his Master, his khichdi in particular attracting Gandhi’s praise…

https://scroll.in/article/1002848/ramachandra-guha-a-tribute-to-the-greatest-gandhian

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