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	== Early life and education ==		== Early life and education ==
	Raghunath Paranjpye was born at Murdi near [[Dapoli]] in the coastal [[Ratnagiri district]] of [[Maharashtra]]. He was educated at Maratha high school, [[Bombay]], [[Fergusson College]], [[Pune]] and [[Bombay University]] before entering [[St John's College, Cambridge]] in 1896. He graduated B.A. as senior [[Wrangler (University of Cambridge)\|Wrangler]] in 1899.<ref name=Venn>{{acad\|id=PRNY896RP\|name=Paranjpye, Raghunath Purushottam}}</ref> Paranjpye was elected a [[Fellow]] of St John's College in November 1901<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times \|~~articlename~~=University intelligence ~~\|day_of_week=Tuesday~~ \|date=5 November 1901 \|~~page_number~~=9 \|issue=36604\| }}</ref> and stayed as such until 1907, but returned to India to become a professor of mathematics at Fergusson College in 1902.<ref name=Venn /> One of the earliest Indian documentary film makers, [[H. S. Bhatavdekar]], made silent documentary films, ''Return of Wrangler Paranjpye'' (1902) and ''Delhi Durbar of Lord Curzon'' (1903), featuring R. P.<ref>''Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema'', Rachel Dwyer, Routledge, 2006. pp 14, {{ISBN\|0-415-31425-9}}.</ref><ref>{{IMDb title\|id=0156019\|title=Sr. Wrangler Mr. R.P. Paranjpe}}</ref><ref>[http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/indiancinema/?browse=language&start=SilentFilms Indian Cinema Database] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021091629/http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/indiancinema/?browse=language&start=SilentFilms \|date=21 October 2007 }} SilentFilms.</ref><ref>[http://www.miffindia.in/archives/4th%20festival.htm Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF)] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203085022/http://www.miffindia.in/archives/4th%20festival.htm \|date=3 December 2007 }} Foreword, 4th Mumbai International Film Festival, 1996.</ref>		Raghunath Paranjpye was born at Murdi near [[Dapoli]] in the coastal [[Ratnagiri district]] of [[Maharashtra]] in a [[Chitpavan Brahmin]] family. He was educated at Maratha high school, [[Bombay]], [[Fergusson College]], [[Pune]] and [[Bombay University]] before entering [[St John's College, Cambridge]] in 1896. He graduated B.A. as senior [[Wrangler (University of Cambridge)\|Wrangler]] in 1899.<ref name=Venn>{{acad\|id=PRNY896RP\|name=Paranjpye, Raghunath Purushottam}}</ref> Paranjpye was elected a [[Fellow]] of St John's College in November 1901<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times \|title=University intelligence \|date=5 November 1901 \|page=9 \|issue=36604}}</ref> and stayed as such until 1907, but returned to India to become a professor of mathematics at Fergusson College in 1902.<ref name=Venn /> One of the earliest Indian documentary film makers, [[H. S. Bhatavdekar]], made silent documentary films, ''Return of Wrangler Paranjpye'' (1902) and ''Delhi Durbar of Lord Curzon'' (1903), featuring R. P.<ref>''Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema'', Rachel Dwyer, Routledge, 2006. pp 14, {{ISBN\|0-415-31425-9}}.</ref><ref>{{IMDb title\|id=0156019\|title=Sr. Wrangler Mr. R.P. Paranjpe}}</ref><ref>[http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/indiancinema/?browse=language&start=SilentFilms Indian Cinema Database] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021091629/http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/indiancinema/?browse=language&start=SilentFilms \|date=21 October 2007 }} SilentFilms.</ref><ref>[http://www.miffindia.in/archives/4th%20festival.htm Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF)] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203085022/http://www.miffindia.in/archives/4th%20festival.htm \|date=3 December 2007 }} Foreword, 4th Mumbai International Film Festival, 1996.</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==

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	==Works==		==Works==
	* ''~~Dhondu~~ Keshav Karve: A Sketch'', Poona, Arya Bhushan Press, 1915.		* ''Dhondo Keshav Karve: A Sketch'', Poona, Arya Bhushan Press, 1915.
	* ''Gopal Krishna Gokhale'', The Aryabhushan Press, 1918.		* ''Gopal Krishna Gokhale'', The Aryabhushan Press, 1918.
	* ''The Crux of the Indian Problem''. Watts, 1931.		* ''The Crux of the Indian Problem''. Watts, 1931.

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'''Sir Raghunath Purushottam Paranjpye''' (16 February 1876 – 6 May 1966) was the first Indian to achieve the coveted title of [[Senior Wrangler]] at the [[University of Cambridge]], and became a university administrator and Indian ambassador.

== Early life and education ==
Raghunath Paranjpye was born at Murdi near [[Dapoli]] in the coastal [[Ratnagiri district]] of [[Maharashtra]]. He was educated at Maratha high school, [[Bombay]], [[Fergusson College]], [[Pune]] and [[Bombay University]] before entering [[St John's College, Cambridge]] in 1896. He graduated B.A. as senior [[Wrangler (University of Cambridge)|Wrangler]] in 1899.<ref name=Venn>{{acad|id=PRNY896RP|name=Paranjpye, Raghunath Purushottam}}</ref> Paranjpye was elected a [[Fellow]] of St John's College in November 1901<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=University intelligence |day_of_week=Tuesday |date=5 November 1901 |page_number=9 |issue=36604| }}</ref> and stayed as such until 1907, but returned to India to become a professor of mathematics at Fergusson College in 1902.<ref name=Venn /> One of the earliest Indian documentary film makers, [[H. S. Bhatavdekar]], made silent documentary films, ''Return of Wrangler Paranjpye'' (1902) and ''Delhi Durbar of Lord Curzon'' (1903), featuring R. P.<ref>''Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema'', Rachel Dwyer, Routledge, 2006. pp 14, {{ISBN|0-415-31425-9}}.</ref><ref>{{IMDb title|id=0156019|title=Sr. Wrangler Mr. R.P. Paranjpe}}</ref><ref>[http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/indiancinema/?browse=language&start=SilentFilms Indian Cinema Database] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021091629/http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/indiancinema/?browse=language&start=SilentFilms |date=21 October 2007 }} SilentFilms.</ref><ref>[http://www.miffindia.in/archives/4th%20festival.htm Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203085022/http://www.miffindia.in/archives/4th%20festival.htm |date=3 December 2007 }} Foreword, 4th Mumbai International Film Festival, 1996.</ref>

==Career==
In 1907, R. P. became the first librarian of the [[Indian Mathematical Society]] at Fergusson College.<ref>[https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/indianmathsociety/newsletter17.htm&date=2009-10-26+00:25:31 Newsletter 17], Indian Mathematical Society</ref> He became the college's principal, and stayed in that position for two decades, until 1926.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.terramedia.co.uk/Chronomedia/years/1901.htm
|title=Chronomedia: 1901 – December 7
|access-date=14 July 2007
}}</ref> Subsequently, he consecutively became the Vice-Chancellor of [[Bombay University]] and [[Lucknow University]].<ref>[http://www.education.nic.in/cd50years/g/12/3H/123H0501.htm First Meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211174854/http://www.education.nic.in/cd50years/g/12/3H/123H0501.htm |date=11 February 2011 }} 19–20, December 1935.</ref> In 1921, the [[University of Calcutta]] awarded him an honorary Doctor of Science degree.<ref>{{cite web|title=Annual Convocation|url=http://www.caluniv.ac.in/convocation-2012/hony_degrees.htm|publisher=[[University of Calcutta]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528004638/http://caluniv.ac.in/convocation-2012/hony_degrees.htm|archive-date=28 May 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Sir Raghunath was elected to the [[Bombay Legislative Council]] in 1912 representing the University of Bombay constituency. He was again elected to the enlarged Council as per the [[Government of India Act 1919]]. As part of [[Diarchy in Bombay Presidency]], Paranjpye was appointed as the first Minister for Education and he served in the position till 1923. He was unable to get elected in the 1923 elections losing to [[M. R. Jayakar]] of the [[Swaraj Party]].

Paranjpye received a knighthood from the colonial government in 1942.<ref name=Venn /> In the three years (1944–1947) preceding India's independence from the [[British Raj]], the British government appointed him India's High Commissioner to Australia.<ref name=ASHA>[http://www.asha-foundation.org/women/women/sai_paranjpe.php Sai Paranjpye at ASHA] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217041336/http://www.asha-foundation.org/women/women/sai_paranjpe.php |date=17 December 2007 }}</ref> In the days of the British Raj, there was some criticism that R. P. had often appeared on the side of British authorities at a time of nationalist ferment in India.

He was the founder of the [[Indian Rationalist Association]] in [[Chennai]] (then [[Madras]]) in 1949,<ref name=rationalist>{{cite web|url=http://www.rationalistinternational.net/archive/en/rationalist_1999/21.htm |title=Rationalist International Bulletin 21|date= 21 October 1999|access-date=5 September 2013}}</ref> and remained its President for many years.<ref>[http://indianrationalists.blogspot.com/2006/05/introduction-to-indian-rationalist.html An Introduction to Indian Rationalist Association], 27 May 2006.</ref> His autobiography, ''84 Not Out'', appeared in 1961.


[[Acharya Atre]] has devoted one full chapter in his autobiography for Wrangler Paranjpye and has written about his fame all over the country and how because of him students from outside Maharashtra came to study at Ferguson College.
==Family==
His younger brother, Hari Purushottam Paranjpye was a well known agriculturist of his time. In 1991, the Government of India awarded R. P.'s daughter [[Shakuntala Paranjpye]] a [[Padma Bhushan]] title in recognition of her work in the field of family planning. She was also a nominated member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] in the 1960s<ref>[http://rajyasabha.gov.in/publ/golden_jubi/nominated%20.htm NOMINATED MEMBERS OF RAJYA SABHA].</ref> In 2006, the Government of India awarded R. P.'s granddaughter [[Sai Paranjpye]] a [[Padma Bhushan]] title in recognition of her artistic talents. She is a film director and a scriptwriter.<ref name=WB>[http://info.worldbank.org/etools/library/latestversion.asp?241504 SAI PARANJPYE, INDIAN FILMMAKER] library, worldbank.</ref>

==Works==
* ''Dhondu Keshav Karve: A Sketch'', Poona, Arya Bhushan Press, 1915.
* ''Gopal Krishna Gokhale'', The Aryabhushan Press, 1918.
* ''The Crux of the Indian Problem''. Watts, 1931.
* ''The National Liberal Federation, Presidential address''. Allahabad, 1939. Vithal Hari Barve, 1939.
* ''84 Not Out'', National Book Trust, New Delhi, 1961.
* ''Rationalism In Practice: The Kamala Lectures'', Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2006. <small>{{ISBN|1-4286-4446-6}}</small>.

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
* R.P. Paranjpye, ''84 Not Out'', National Book Trust, New Delhi, 1961. Autobiography.
* ''Wrangler Raghunath Purushottam Paranjpye'' by Dr Anant Deshmukh, 2011. Biography.
* John Kenneth Galbraith, ''Ambassador's Journal Publisher'', Houghton Mifflin Company (1969) Language: English {{ISBN|0-241-01619-3}} {{ISBN|978-0241016190}}

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