Yadunath Dattatray Thatte ( Devanagari: यदुनाथ दत्तात्रय थत्ते; 5 October 1922 – 10 May 1998) was a

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journalist,

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, biographer, social worker and socialist leader from

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, India. Born at Yeola in the

Nashik district Nashik district, also known as Nasik district, is a district in Maharashtra, India. The city of Nashik is the administrative headquarters of the district. Nashik is well known for the production of wine. Nashik is also known as Mini Maharashtra, ...

, Thatte was one of the prominent leaders of the Indian independence movement in Maharashtra. In 1942, he was sentenced to six months imprisonment for participating in the

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. Thatte was the editor of the Socialist weekly '' Sadhana'' () from 1956–1982, and a long-time activist in the

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. Besides biographies of Homi Bhabha, Niels Bohr, C. V. Raman, Earnest R. Ford, Satish Chandra Dasgupta, and Jagdish Chandra Basu, he wrote the following books: * ''Mastakī Himālaya, Antaraṅgī Aṅgāra'' (1990) * ''Cār Pharār'' (1990) * ''Phulatā Nikhārā'' (1980) * ''Sadānand'' (1978) * ''Sarahadda Gāndhī'' (1969) * ''Āpalā Māna, Āpalā Abhimāna'' (1966) * ''Akshayapātra'' (1962) * ''Gahina''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thatte, Yadunath 1922 births 1998 deaths 20th-century Indian journalists Indian socialists Marathi-language writers People from Nashik district Marathi politicians Maharashtra politicians Indian independence activists from Maharashtra Journalists from Maharashtra