Chipko movement started from which state?

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  1. Uttarakhand
  2. Chhattisgarh
  3. Punjab
  4. Jharkhand

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Option 1 : Uttarakhand
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The correct answer is Uttarakhand.

Key Points

  • In the 1970s, rural Indian peasants, especially women, launched the nonviolent Chipko movement, also known as Chipko andolan.
  • The movement began in 1973 in the Indian Himalayan area of Uttar Pradesh, which would later become Uttarakhand.
  • It was launched to save forests and trees that were being cut down for government-sponsored logging.
  • It swiftly expanded throughout the Himalayas.
  • The demonstrators' main strategy of embracing the trees to obstruct the loggers is reflected in the Hindi word chipko, which means "to hug" or "to cling to."  

Additional Information

  • Leader of Chipko Movement sundarlal Bahuguna.
  • Bahuguna famously fasted for two weeks in 1974 to protest forest policy.
  • It is estimated that over 150 communities participated in the  Chipko movement between 1972 and 1979.
  • Another important Leader was Dhoom Singh Negi who also fasted to protest the auctioning of the forest.
  • Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi banned on commercial felling in the Uttarakhand Himalayas, for 15-year.
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