Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar
1872–1947Writer Novelist, historian, philosophical and political person
politician (1925–2011)
Vasant Sathe
1925–2011, born Nashik, writes in Marathi, English, autobiographer
Vasant Purushottam Sathe 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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Also writing in Marathi
Anant Sadashiv Altekar
1898–1959historian, archaeologist, and numismatist from Maharashtra, India
Bhalchandra Nemade
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