December 31, 2025 11:32 pm (IST)
PM Modi condoles demise of Narayanbhai Desai
New Delhi, Mar 15 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condoled the demise of Narayanbhai Desai.
"Narayanbhai Desai will be remembered as a scholarly personality who brought Gandhi ji closer to the masses. Sad to hear of his demise. Rest in Peace", the Prime Minister said.
Desai, who died at a private hospital in Surat on Sunday, was a Gandhian and author.
The son of Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary and biographer Mahadev Desai,he was born in Bulsar in Gujarat.
Brought up in Gandhi's Ashram in Sabarmati, Ahmedabad and Sevagram near Wardha, he stopped attending school to be educated and trained by his father and other residents of the Ashram.
He specialized in basic education, spinning and weaving khadi.
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