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1. The population of each Category and their 32

Representation in Government Services (in percentage)
1881.

2. Distribution of High Schools and Colleges in the Tamil 44

Districts, 1879-1880.

3. Composition of District Administration, 1855. 76

4. Engineering Students by Caste/Community. 79

5. Officials by Caste/Community, 1911. 82

6. Legislative Assembly Election Results in Madras 106

Presidency 1937.

7. Number of Representatives in the Constituent 110

Assembly.

8. Demand for increasing the percentage of Reservation. 115

9. Performance of various communities in Lower and 118

Higher Education 1901 – 1916.

10. Performance of various communities in Public Services 119

1911.

11. The Elected Members of the various Communities to the 136

Legislative Council from 1920-1926.

12. The Communal Representation made in the third 139

communal G.O. 1928.

13. The Percentage of Literacy among the SCs, STs and 154
non-BCs as listed by the government of Madras.
14. In addition to that the quoted the Engineering College 160
Admission list of 1950.

15. Statement showing Representation of Anglo – Indians in 165

posts and services where there was a special reservation
fixed for them under Art. 336 of the constitution

16. Statement showing representation of Anglo – Indians in 166

posts and services where there was a special reservation
fixed for them under Art. 336 of the constitution

17. The following Reservations were made in Services for 167

the Anglo – Indians by 1951

18. Position of various Communities in Arts Colleges 171

during the year 1949.

19. Position of Scheduled Castes and Tribes in Arts 171

Colleges in 1950.

20. The Community wise Admissions in the Medical 172

Colleges of Madras Presidency / Madras State.

21. The Community wise statement admissions to the 173

Engineering Colleges of Madras Presidency / Madras
State.

22. Scheme of Reservation and the performance of 174

Backward Classes and Scheduled Castes and Tribes in
Medical Colleges 1956-57.

23. Communal Representation: Performance of various 180

categories in the Madras Ministerial Services 1947 –
1950 (in percentages).

24. Madras Ministerial services 1947 – 1950; Performance 181

of various categories against their reservation (in
percentages).

25. Performance of Scheduled Castes and Tribes and 187

Backward Classes in the Madras Ministerial Services
1951-1959 (in percentages).
26. Scheduled Castes and Tribes in Government 188
Appointments 1950 – 63.

27. Backward Classes in Government Appointments 1963. 189

28. Recruitment made by Tamil Nadu Public Service 190

Commission for various services during 1965 – 68

29. Number of non-Gazetted and Gazetted posts held by 191

Backward Classes and Most Backward Classes in all
Departments Covered – 1969

30. A comparison of Upper and Lower Strata of Backward 192

Classes in Public Services

31. The population of the MBCs in 1983 204

32. The Communal Representation patterns in Tamil Nadu 206

in 1950 - 1990

33. Identified as Integrated Tribal Development Programme 218

Areas (ITDP)

34. Recommendations of the Expert Committee for 224 – 226

Specifying the Criteria to identify the Creamy Layer

35. D.M.K. Rule the communal G.O. listed 230