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When was reservation of 27% government jobs for other Backward Classes declared for the first time in Independent India?

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On 7 August 1990, the National Front government declared that it would provide 27 per cent reservations to "socially and educationally backward classes" for jobs in central services and public undertaking. It was declared for the first time in Independent India.
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