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{{Infobox artist
| name = Ramdas Paranjpe
| image = Advocate Ramdas Paranjpe, Oil Painting by Mumbiram, Pune, 1990 s.jpg
| caption = Advocate Ramdas Paranjpe, Oil Painting by [[Mumbiram]], Pune, 1990
| birth_name = Ramdas Paranjpe
| birth_place = Pune
| birth_date = 1912
| death_date = 1989
| field = Civil and criminal lawyer, social activist
}}

'''Ramdas Paranjpe''' (1912-1989) was a [[lawyer]] practicing in [[Pune|Pune, India]]. He was a prominent lawyer, dealing on both [[Civil case|civil]] and [[Criminal case|criminal]] cases in Pune's District Court and in the [[Bombay High Court]]. He was the first lawyer to defend members of the tribal [[Phase Pardhi|Phase pardhi]] community, that was declared a criminal tribe during the [[British colonialism|English colonial rule]]. He was elected the president of the Pune Bar Association in 1963. He was also the [[Deputy mayor|Deputy Mayor]] of Pune in 1963.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Paranjpe |first1=Anjani |title=Ramdas Paranjpe - Memories in Friendship |date=22 June 1992 |publisher=Anjani Paranjpe |location=Pune}}</ref>

==Family background==
Ramdas Paranjpe was born in 1912 in [[Hanumangarh|Hanumangadh]], [[Wardha]], in central [[India]]. His father, Sadashiv Vishnu Paranjpe was a lawyer practising in Wardha. His uncle Shridhar Vishnu Paranjpe (Shri Ramdasanand) was a spiritual master in the Ramadasi tradition of [[Maharashtra]] who established an [[ashram]] in Hanumangadh in Wardha.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brahmachari |first1=Harekrishna |title=In Memory of Shri Hari Baba of Vrindavan |date=1970 |publisher=Haribaba Asram, Vrindavan |location=Vrindavan Mathura}}</ref> On his mother's side he was grandson of Bhaskar Hari Bhagavat who was a founder member of the [[Prarthana Samaj]] in [[Mumbai]]. His mother was raised in the household of Rajaram Shastri Bhagavat, who was a [[Linguistics|linguist]], [[historian]], social reformer and founder of the Maratha High School.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bhagwat |first1=Durga |title=Rajaramshastri Bhagwat: Vyakti ani Vangmaya Vichaar |date=1947 |publisher=Swastik Publishing House |location=Bombay}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Chandavarkar |first1=G.L. |title=Dhondo Keshav Karve |date=12 September 2016 |publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |location=New Delhi}}</ref> Ramdas Paranjpe's father was a cousin of mathematician [[R. P. Paranjpe]], who was the first Indian [[Senior Wrangler (University of Cambridge)|senior Wrangler]] at [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]], principal of [[Fergusson College|Fergusson College Pune]], [[chancellor (education)|chancellor]] of [[Pune University]] and the first Indian [[High commissioner (Commonwealth)|High Commissioner]] to [[Australia]].

==Legal practice and achievements==
Ramdas Paranjpe was educated in Pune and graduated from [[Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute|Pune's Deccan College]] with honors in [[Sanskrit]] and [[Economics]]. After obtaining a law degree from [[Bombay University]] he started legal practice in 1936 establishing his offices near Pune's downtown Mandai vegetable market. He was a prominent lawyer, appearing in both civil and criminal cases in Pune's District Court and in the Bombay High Court. He first attained prominence by defending the accused in the cases of burning of [[Brahmin]] homes that arose in Maharashtra after the assassination of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] by a Pune Brahmin.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Pune Jilhyacha Mahitgar, 1952 (Directory of Pune District ) |journal=Pune Jilhyacha Mahitgar, 1952 (Directory of Pune District ) |date=1952 |volume=1952}}</ref> He was the first lawyer to defend members of the tribal Phasepardhi community that was declared a criminal tribe during the English colonial rule. He was elected the president of the Pune Bar Association in 1963. He was thrice elected to the Body Governing Pune Municipal Corporation. He had socialist inclinations and belonged to the [[Praja Socialist Party]] in the 1950s. He was the president of the Pune tenant association. In 1963 he was one of the founders of Nagari Sanghatana, which was a people's organisation, independent of political parties. Within a year of its creation it contested the elections to the city council and obtained a majority. Paranjpe himself became the deputy mayor in 1963. As a member of the city council he spearheaded the drive to rid the local government of corruption.<ref name="auto">{{cite news |title=Lawyers will be respected again only if they struggle for the poor |issue=Daily Sakal |publisher=[[Sakal|Sakal Papers Pvt Ltd.]] |date=28 June 1992}}</ref>

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File:Photo of Ramdas Paranjpe and Wrangler Paranjpe, at an event of felicitation at Pune Municipal Corporation, 1963.jpg|Photo of Ramdas Paranjpe and Wrangler Paranjpe, at an event of felicitation at Pune Municipal Corporation, 1963
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==Art activism==
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Ramdas Paranjpe was an admirer of artist [[S. H. Godbole]], leading [[Watercolor painting|watercolour]] artist of his time, and artist Chitrakalacharya N.E.Puram. In the 1960s Ramdas Paranjpe became the president of the Bharatiya Kala Prasarini Sabha which runs the city's first art and architecture college, the [[Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalaya]], which was artist N.E. Puram's Art institute. Ramdas Paranjpe contributed to the fund raising activities for Puram's institute.

==Personal life==
He was married to Anjani Godbole, who was daughter of noted watercolour artist [[S. H. Godbole]]. Anjani was an accomplished artist having won a Gold Medal at [[Bombay Art Society]]’s annual monsoon exhibition in Pune. Ramdas Paranjpe had three sons. His son Dhananjay obtained a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] from the [[University of California, Berkeley]] only to abandon academics and become an artist taking nom de plume Artist [[Mumbiram]]. Artist Mumbiram is popular in the [[Phase Pardhi]] communities of Pune and [[Nashik|Nasik]] districts. He is the leader of the [[Rasa Renaissance]] movement in Art. Ramdas Paranjpe retired from public life after being diagnosed with [[Parkinson's disease|Parkinson disease]] in the 1970s. He passed away in 1989. A portrait of Ramdas Paranjpe hangs in the library of the District Court of Pune. It was inaugurated by the retired Chief Justice of the [[Supreme Court of India]], Shri [[Y. V. Chandrachud]], in June 1992.<ref name="auto"/>

==References==
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==External links==
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