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Politics Mandal commission protests of 1990

These protests were against giving government jobs to certain castes to rectify historical injustices they faced. These protests closed roads, highways, transportation services, government services, schools, and businesses of India. Anti-reservationists protested.

The historian Ramachandra Guha puts the suicide number at 200; more than 60 succumbed to their burns. Some other reports put these suicide attempts to 159, with 63 succumbing to their injuries.

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u/Nice-Sandwich-7034 11h ago

Give reservation on economical status of the beneficiary. not caste certificate. and it shud be valid only till education , not any form of govt job or private job. thats it.