Rajiv Goswami

Rajiv Goswami

Rajiv Goswami (d. 2004) was a native of India, was notable for his attempted self-immolation while a student at Delhi University in 1990. His action, held in protest against the Prime Minister V.P. Singh's implementation of the Mandal commission's affirmative action recommendations, allegedly inspired a series of self-immolations by other other college students and led to a movement against job reservations for Backward Castes in India. He finally gave up politics and started his own business. He continued to suffer from health problems until he died at the age of 33.

ee also

*Reservations in India
*Forward Castes

External links

* [http://in.rediff.com/news/2004/feb/24rajiv.htm Pioneer of anti-Mandal stir dies] February 23, 2004.


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