Synopsis The book deals with the issue of under-representation of the socio-economically deprived and backward castes and classes in the spheres of education, employment, administration, commerce and political institutions and the resultant policies of the Government to appoint commissions to identity the various categories of such people, their recommendations and policies adopted by the Governments for reservations for them in these areas in proportion to their respective shares in specifically of organizations of Other Backward Classes and political mobilization of the people in the region since Independence in the struggle fore their interest. The book may be useful for the policy makers, researchers and scholars having interest in the region. The book may be useful for the policy makers, and researchers having interest in the region.