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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.
Oct 3, 2015 · At the height of the anti-Mandal protests, Rajeev Goswami was among the first to attempt self-immolation. At 16, Simran Goswami has seen it all — her father’s death, her parents’ separation, shifting of homes, and even countries.
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,...
Dec 30, 1995 · Sitting in his modest home in Delhi's downmarket Govindpuri area his body stiff and his speech impaired from the burns he suffered Goswami says uncon-vincingly: "I have no regrets about what I did." Another blow came when the Supreme Court upheld the recommendations of the Mandal Commission in 1994.
Dec 24, 2012 · As the Supreme Court delivered its verdict on the Mandal case, reporters thought of Rajiv Goswami, whose attempt at immolation in 1990 had blazed a gory trail. Looking far more prosperous these days than the poor boy from the by lanes of down market Govindpuri, Goswami was elected president of the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) last year.
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.
