The Chipko movement originated in the Garhwal Himalayas in the early 1970s. A key incident often cited as igniting the movement occurred in the Reni village in March 1973, where women embraced trees to prevent loggers from felling them. While Chandi Prasad Bhatt was also a significant figure in the movement's early phase, Sunderlal Bahuguna played a crucial role in giving it wider publicity and spreading its message nationally and internationally. He undertook long foot marches (padyatras) to raise awareness. Although his extensive activism continued for decades, his prominent association and leadership in popularizing the movement began around the early 1970s. Among the given options, 1971 fits within the timeframe of the movement's initiation and the emergence of its key leaders, including Bahuguna.
The Chipko Movement was initiated under the leadership of Sunderlal Bahuguna around the year :
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- Of the following who is not related to "Chipko Movement"?
- Which of the following statements regarding Chipko Movement is/are correct ? 1. Chipko Movement took place in the early 1970s against the introduction of commercial forestry. 2. Chipko refers to a single movement and not a collective of several movements. 3. Chipko did not begin as a movement for conservation but primarily as an economic struggle, the root of which lay in rural and peasant protests. Select the correct answer using the code given below :
- The Chipko Movement 1. was an environmental movement to prevent cutting down of trees 2. raised the question of ecological and economic exploitation 3. is a movement against alcoholism as its broadened agenda 4. demanded that local communities should have control over their natural resources Select the correct answer using the code given below.
- Every year, a monthlong ecologically important campaign/festival is held during which certain communities/tribes plant saplings of fruit-bearing trees. Which of the following are such communities/tribes?
- Which of the following statements about the Chipko Movement is/are correct? 1. It was opposed to the commercial felling of trees in hill areas. 2. It was a non-violent movement. 3. It supported construction of dams in hilly regions. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
- The Chipko Movement is related to which one of the following issues ?