Multiple choice

Chipko Movement was initiated by ______.

  1. Sunder Lal Bahuguna

  2. Sridev Suman

  3. Uday Shankar

  4. S. S. Bhatnagar

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Explanation

Sunder Lal Bahuguna was a key leader of the Chipko Movement, which started in the 1970s in Uttarakhand (then part of Uttar Pradesh) to protect trees from commercial logging. The movement got its name from the practice of hugging trees to prevent them from being cut.

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