Shivram Mahadev Paranjape (27 June 1864 – 27 September 1929) was a Marathi writer, scholar, orator, journalist and freedom fighter from Bombay Presidency.
He was highly impressed by his teacher Vishnushastri Krushnashastri Chiplunkar who had also inspired Lokmanya Tilak and Gopal Ganesh Agarkar to start their social and political career.
Simultaneously, he started giving lectures on the current political and social situation and became instantly popular due to his particular sarcastic style of presentation.
His fiery editorials and humorous and sarcastic style of writing started making the younger generation furious with anger against the British rule.
In 1927, he became President of the Maharashtra branch of the Indian Independence League formed by Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhashchandra Bose and Shrinivas Ayyangar.