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[[File:Durga Mahishasura-mardini, the slayer of the buffalo demon.jpg|thumb|An example of prints by Anant Shivaji Desai]]

'''Anant Shivaji Desai''' (born 17 October 1853 in Walawal, nicknamed Bhausaheb Topiwalla) was an Indian businessman from the erstwhile [[Sawantwadi]] State in British India. He established himself as a publisher in Bombay, selling prints of [[Raja Ravi Verma]]'s paintings. After Varma's death in 1906 Desai acquired the rights to the Baroda and Mysore collections, publishing them until 1945, when the original Ravi Varma Press firm went out of business.<ref>Kajri Jain (2007), ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=B7LEXbIREjEC Gods in the Bazaar: The Economies of Indian Calendar Art]'', [[Duke University Press]], p386</ref><ref>''[[Deccan Herald]]'', [http://www.deccanherald.com/content/55252/of-royal-canvas.html Of royal canvas], undated, accessed 30 October 2012</ref>

Due to the poor financial conditions of his family, Desai could not proceed with his education after 3rd grade. He then came to [[Mumbai]] to work and earn money. Doing various physical works and trying his hand at many businesses, his business of manufacturing ''topi''s (headgears) took boom. Since then he got his nickname ''Topiwala''.<ref name=MaTa>{{cite web|url=http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/rssarticleshow/msid-7880194,prtpage-1.cms |title=ध्येयवादी माणसाच्या यशोमंदिराची शतकपूर्ती |author=Kadam, Kumar |publisher=[[Maharashtra Times]] |language=Marathi |accessdate=Sep 24, 2012}}</ref>

Desai's social work included foundation of various schools. The Anant Shivaji Desai Topiwalla High School at [[Malvan]], now called after his nickname as ''Topiwalla High School'', was founded in 1911.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.topiwallaschool.com/founder.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080107092817/http://www.topiwallaschool.com/founder.html |archive-date=2008-01-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Various roads, schools, college, libraries and other institutes are named after him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wikimapia.org/22259362/R-B-Anant-Shivaji-Desai-Topiwala-Library|title = R.B.Anant Shivaji Desai Topiwala Library}}</ref> For his notable work towards the society, the then British Empire in India honoured him with the title of "Raobahadur".<ref name=MaTa/>

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