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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 job ...
Jan 9, 2019 · Father of DU student Rajeev Goswami, who self-immolated in 1990 to oppose quota for OBCs in govt jobs, says his son would be happy with quota for poor.
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 February 24,...
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.
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. Pictures of him in flames hit front pages and magazine covers.
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.
Mar 6, 2016 · That young man was Rajiv Goswami, a commerce student of the college who had planned this act of protest that would engulf the VP Singh government and eventually lead to its downfall. Political...
On 19 September 1990, Rajiv Goswami, a student of Deshbandhu College, Delhi, attempted self-immolation in protest of the government's actions. His act made him the face of the Anti-Mandal agitation then.
Aug 31, 2015 · In September, Rajeev Goswami, a Delhi University student, set himself on fire, sustaining 50 per cent burns. He survived the immolation bid, but the spark had been ignited. In cities and towns near Delhi, a number of youths set themselves on fire.
Oct 5, 2024 · Things changed after 19 September 1990, when Rajiv Goswami, a college student in Delhi, set himself on fire in protest against V.P. Singh, his Government and the Mandal recommendations. In quick succession, there were other suicide attempts in Delhi, Hissar, Sirsa, Ambala, Meerut, Lucknow and other towns across the Gangetic valley.