| Names |
SUNDERLAL BHAUGUNA |
| Date of
Birth |
January 09, 1927 |
| Identity |
Indian Garhwali
Environmentalist & Chipko Movement Leader |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1980: His persuasive
efforts resulted in proclamation of a ban by the then Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi on felling trees for a period of 15
years.
- 1981: He was honoured with
PADMA SHRI Award by the government of
India, which he refused.
- 1981 to 1983: He marched
for about 5,000-kilometers in the trans-Himalayan regions,
travelling from village to village, gathering support for
the movement.
- 1986: He received the
Jamnalal Bajaj Award for constructive work.
- 1987: He received the Right
Livelihood Award (Chipko Movement).
- 1989: He received the
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Social Sciences was conferred
by IIT Roorkee.
- April 20, 2001: Despite
court cases, hunger strikes, etc. the work resumed at the
Tehri dam in 2001, following which he was arrested on this
day.
- July 31, 2004: After the
Tehri dam reservoir started filling up in 2004, he was
finally evacuated on this day to a new accommodation.
- 2009: He was honoured with
PADMA VIBHUSHAN Award by the government of
India.
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| General |
- Sunderlal Bahuguna was a noted
Garhwali environmentalist, Chipko movement leader and a
follower of Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of Non-violence and
Satyagraha.
- This 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.
- He was one of the early
environmentalists of India, and later he and people
associated with the Chipko movement later started taking up
environmental issues, like against large dams.
- He remained behind the anti-Tehri Dam protests for
decades using the Satyagraha methods.
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