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The Chipko movement started from:

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Reni in Garhwal
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Arborio forest
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Khejrali village
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None of the above
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The correct option is A Reni in Garhwal
The Chipko movement originated from an incident in a remote village called Reni in Garhwal, high-up in the Himalayas during the early 1970s. It was a movement against the felling of trees (deforestation). Sunderlal Bahuguna an environmentalist was the driving force behind the legendary Chipko movement.

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