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Who started the Chipko movement?

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Sunderlal Bahuguna
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Subhash Chandra Bose
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Rajiv Gandhi
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The correct option is A Sunderlal Bahuguna
Sunderlal Bahuguna.
Chipko Movement, began in the 1970's, was a peaceful development focused on the protection of trees and woods from being decimated. The name of the Chipko movement started from the term embrace as the town people used to embrace the trees and shield them from woodcutters from cutting them.

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