Chipko movement started from which state?

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.