Vasant Sathe
Vasant Sathe | |
|---|---|
| Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting | |
| In office 1980–1982 | |
| Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
| Preceded by | Purushottam Kaushik |
| Succeeded by | N. K. P. Salve |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 21 January 1980 – 21 June 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Santoshrao Gode |
| Succeeded by | Ramchandra Ghangare |
| Constituency | Wardha (Lok Sabha constituency) |
| In office 1971–1980 | |
| Preceded by | K. M. Asghar Husain |
| Succeeded by | Madhusudan Vairale |
| Constituency | Akola (Lok Sabha constituency) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 March 1925 |
| Died | 23 September 2011 (aged 86) |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Jayashree Sathe |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | www |
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Vasant Purushottam Sathe (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.