got its name from the people’s action of ‘hugging’ the trees.

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The correct option is A Chipko Movement
Chipko Movement got its name from the people’s action of ‘hugging’ the trees. It became a classic example of non-violent protest and struggle by thousands of ordinary people.

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Q. In the Chipko Movement, people hugged trees that were going to be cut to save them.

Write a short note on 'Chipko Andolan" (Hug the Trees Movement).

The chipko andolan( hug of the trees movement) was the result of a grass-root level effort to end, alienation of people from their forests. The movement originated from an incident in a remote village called Reni in Garhwal. There was a dispute between local people and a logging contractor who had been allowed by the government to fell trees in the forest. On a particular day, the contractor's workers appeared in the forest to cut the trees while the men folks were absent. But the women of the village reached the forest quickly and clasped the tree trunks thus preventing the workers from felling the trees. Thus thwarted, the contractor had to withdraw.What would have happened, if chipko andolan did not arise?

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Q. S1: The Chipko movement took place in 1937.
S2: This movement was started by Gaura Devi and her friends in a small village of Uttarakhand.
S3: Gaura Devi and her friends protested against the massacre of trees by hugging them.

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got its name from the people’s action of ‘hugging’ the trees.

The correct option is A Chipko MovementChipko Movement got its name from the people’s action of ‘hugging’ the trees. It became a classic example of non-violent protest and struggle by thousands of ordinary people.

The correct option is A Chipko Movement
Chipko Movement got its name from the people’s action of ‘hugging’ the trees. It became a classic example of non-violent protest and struggle by thousands of ordinary people.