A. R. Antulay

A. R. Antulay, Indian social worker and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2014)

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Born: February 9, 1929
Died: December 2, 2014
Zodiac sign: Aquarius
Birth year: 1929

About A. R. Antulay

Abdul Rahman Antulay (9 February 1929 – 2 December 2014) was an Indian politician. Antulay was a union minister for Minority Affairs and a Member of Parliament in the 14th Lok Sabha of India. Earlier he had been the Chief Minister of the state of Maharashtra, but was forced to resign after being convicted by the Bombay High Court on charges that he had extorted money for a trust fund he managed. Later, the Supreme Court of India cleared him of the allegations in that case. Antulay belonged to the Indian National Congress. In the 2009 Indian general elections, he lost to Anant Geete from the Raigad Lok Sabha constituency of Maharashtra. He is the first Muslim chief minister of Maharashtra.

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The world when A. R. Antulay was born

A. R. Antulay was born in 1929. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1929

#1 song"Singin' in the Rain"
Top movieThe Broadway Melody (first Best Picture winner)
Best-selling bookA Farewell to Arms – Ernest Hemingway

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst baseball All-Star Game proposed
Top headlineStock market crashes on Black Tuesday
Technology milestoneFirst Academy Awards ceremony held
Defining fadYo-yos
Notable inventionCar radio
World population2.10 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderHerbert Hoover
Sports championPhiladelphia Athletics (World Series)
U.S. population121.8M

1929 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in A. R. Antulay's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1929	2026
Gas	$0.21	$3.45/gal
Average home	$6,300	$435,000
Average income	$3,850	$67,500
Movie ticket	$0.25	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.02	$0.73
Population	121.8M	341 million

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