01108pab a2200193 454500 180718b2012 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Ali, Manjur Indian Muslim OBCs: Backwardness and demand for reservation 2012 p.74-79. 8 Sep In keeping with the Mandal Commission's recommendation only 84 out of the 172 Muslim castes have been included into the central Other Backward Classes list. Those who were included in the list have been unable to compete with the other constituents in the lists. There is thus a demand from the Muslim community for an amendment in the reservation policy. This paper analyses the rationale behind the demand for reservation and the interlocking arguments and counterarguments. It also attempts to look at the activities of the pressure groups that shaped the demand for reservation by backward Muslims. - Reproduced. 9 Backward classes - India Muslims - India Backward classes Economic and Political Weekly N 97908 97907 97907 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 47, Issue no: 36 AR98368 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR