W-NOV-Vasant Purushottam Sathe

Vasant Purushottam Sathe (Marathi: वसंत साठे; born 5 March 1925 - 23 September 2011)

• was an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress party.
• during quit india movement-  he removed british flag and unflured indian flag at district court  in NAGPUR,
• 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 1984 and Hum Log the first colour Indian soap-opera.
• chairmain of the indo japan study committee
• rep India at world peace congress 

He died following a heart attack on 23 September 2011 in Gurgaon, India. He complained of chest pain late in the evening and was rushed to a private hospital, where doctors declared him dead.