Bindheshwari Prasad Mandal 1.6.2001

Bindheshwari Prasad Mandal (1918–1982) was an Indian parliamentarian who served as the chairman of the Second Backward Classes Commission (popularly known as the Mandal Commission). B.P. Mandal was a big landlord from Saharsa in Northern Bihar.  The commission's report mobilised a segment of the Indian population known as "Other Backward Classes" (OBCs) and initiated a fierce debate on the policy for underrepresented and underprivileged groups in the Indian polity.