Vasant Sathe

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Vasant Purushottam Sathe (born 5 March 1925 – 23 September 2011) was an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress party. He was a lawyer by training and became a parliamentarian in 1972 and a cabinet minister during the 1980s. He was a socialist and came to prominence in the congress after Indira Gandhi split the party for a second time in 1978. He was also known for his tenure as Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting when he initiated the process which led to Indian television moving into colour broadcasting for the Asian Games 1982 and Hum Log the first colour Indian soap-opera. rdf:langString
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rdf:langString Vasant Sathe
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rdf:langString Two daughters one son
xsd:date 2011-09-23
rdf:langString Member of Parliament from Wardha (Lok Sabha constituency)
rdf:langString Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting
rdf:langString Member of Parliament from Akola (Lok Sabha constituency)
rdf:langString Originally: Nagpur, Maharashtra At the time of death: Gurgaon near Delhi
rdf:langString Jayashree expired
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rdf:langString Vasant Purushottam Sathe (born 5 March 1925 – 23 September 2011) was an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress party. He was a lawyer by training and became a parliamentarian in 1972 and a cabinet minister during the 1980s. He was a socialist and came to prominence in the congress after Indira Gandhi split the party for a second time in 1978. He was also known for his tenure as Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting when he initiated the process which led to Indian television moving into colour broadcasting for the Asian Games 1982 and Hum Log the first colour Indian soap-opera.
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