The First Backward Classes Commission was appointed in 1953 by a Presidential Order under Article 340 of the Constitution. Its chairman was Kaka Kalelkar, hence it is also known as the Kaka Kalelkar Commission.
Chairman of the First National Backward Class Commission was
Asked in TNPSC CS Prelims 2017 · Topic: Lokpal and Important Commissions (National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC): Constitutional status, composition, and functions)
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