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Name the popular movement led to save trees in 1973.

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Chipko

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Lagaan

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Prakriti

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Bachao

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The correct option is A Chipko
Chipko movement, also known as Chipko andolan, was a nonviolent forest conservation movement in India. This movement was mostly lead by rural villagers against government-backed logging at the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand in 1973

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