V. M. Tarkunde, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

V. M. Tarkunde

Indian activist

Date of Birth: 03-Jul-1909

Place of Birth: Saswad, Maharashtra, India

Date of Death: 22-Mar-2004

Profession: judge, lawyer, human rights activist

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Vithal Mahadeo Tarkunde (3 July 1909 in Saswad – 22 March 2004 in Delhi), was a prominent Indian lawyer, civil rights activist, and humanist leader and has been referred to as the "Father of the Civil Liberties movement" in India and a former judge of the Bombay High Court The Supreme Court of India also praised him as "undoubtedly the most distinguished judge of the post-Chagla 1957 period" in the Bombay High Court.