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Indian sociologist (1915–1994)

Akshay Ramanlal Desai
Born	(1915-04-26)26 April 1915 Nadiad, British India
Died	12 November 1994(1994-11-12) (aged 79) Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Nationality	Indian
Education	MA, LLB, PhD
Alma mater	University of Mumbai
Employers	University of Mumbai Indian Sociological Society
Spouse
Children	Mihir Desai
Parent	Ramanlal Desai (father)
Awards	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Award for Social Sciences (1987) Best Sociologist of the Year (1987) by UGC

Akshay Ramanlal Desai (26 April 1915 – 12 November 1994) was an Indian sociologist, Marxist^[1] and a social activist.^[2] He was Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology in University of Bombay in 1967.^[3] He is particularly known for his work Social Background of Indian Nationalism in which he offered a Marxist analysis of the genesis of Indian nationalism making use of histo