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Rajiv Goswami (12 June 1971 – 24 February 2004) was an Indian activist and a former commerce student at the Deshbandhu College, Delhi University who came into prominence when he attempted self-immolation on 19 September 1990 to protest against Prime Minister V. P. Singh's implementation of the Mandal Commission recommendations for ...
Jan 9, 2019 · Madan Goswami, whose son Rajeev Goswami set himself on fire against OBC reservation, says his son would approve of the new quota for upper-caste poor. He adds that the quota should reach the actual poor and not the relatives of the implementers.
Oct 3, 2015 · Rajeev Goswami was a 19-year-old student of Delhi’s Deshbandhu College when he attempted to immolate himself, sparking off a series of self-immolations by other students against the implementation of the Mandal Commission’s recommendations for reservation of OBCs in government jobs.
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Rajiv Goswami, the former Delhi University Students' Union president who set himself afire during the anti-Mandal agitation in 1990, died in a hospital in New Delhi on...
Rajiv Goswami was the first student to attempt self-immolation while a student at Deshbandhu College, Delhi University in October, 1990 to protest against Prime Minister V.P. Singh's implementation of the Mandal Commission laws for Affirmative Action (reservation) recommendations.
Mar 6, 2016 · Rajiv Goswami, a commerce student of Deshbandhu College, set himself on fire in 1990 to protest against the implementation of the Mandal Commission report that recommended reservations for other backward classes in government jobs. His act sparked a nationwide agitation that brought down the VP Singh government and became a symbol of student activism in India.
Dec 30, 1995 · RAJIV Goswami, 2 5, was born on September 19, 1990. The moment the lighted matchstick touched his kerosene-soaked clothes that afternoon, the nation caught fire. The agitation against Mandal had found its symbol.
