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The famous 'Chipko Movement' was started by

  • Bahuguna

  • Rajeev Gandhi

  • Indira Gandhi

  • Salim Ali

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Bahuguna

Sunderlal Bahuguna (born 9 January 1927) is a noted Garhwali environmentalist and Chipko movement leader. The idea of Chipko movement was of his wife and the action was taken by him. For years he has been fighting for the preservation of forests in the Himalayas, first as a member of the Chipko movement in the 1970s, and later spearheaded the Anti-Tehri Dam movement starting 1980s, to early 2004.

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