What is H. Vasanthakumar?
[[File:H. Vasanthakumar.jpg|thumb|H. Vasanthakumar]] '''Harikrishnan Nadar Vasanthakumar''' (14 April 1950{{spnd}}28 August 2020) was an Indian businessman and politician. He was the founder and chairman of [[Vasanth & Co]]. He was also the founder and managing director of the Tamil satellite TV channel [[Vasanth TV]].<ref>{{cite news|title=TV channel war in Tamil Nadu set to intensify|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1115036 |work=DNA|date=12 August 2007}}</ref> He was elected as the [[member of parliament]] to the 17th [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Kanyakumari (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanyakumari constituency]] in the [[2019 Indian general election]]. He was also elected as [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|member]] of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] from [[Nanguneri]] constituency in the [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006]] and [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2016 elections]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Plea to halt all trains at Nanguneri|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/02/stories/2009010252890300.htm|work=The Hindu|date=2 January 2009|access-date=31 August 2020|archive-date=4 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104022817/http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/02/stories/2009010252890300.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Vasanthakumar to contest as Independent|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/12/stories/2004041208990400.htm|work=The Hindu|date=12 April 2004|access-date=31 August 2020|archive-date=21 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921130418/http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/12/stories/2004041208990400.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was born in [[Travancore-Cochin]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. [[Tamilisai Soundararajan]], the [[Governor of Telangana]], is his niece. Vasanthakumar died on 28 August 2020 at a hospital in [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu from [[COVID-19]], aged 70.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vasanthakumar, Kanyakumari MP, dies of Covid-19|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/vasanthakumar-kanyakumari-mp-di