Sunderlal Bahuguna, an ardent advocate for nature conservation in India, was born on January 9, 1927, in Maroda, Uttarakhand. His experiences form a remarkable story with the Himalayan mountains featuring in it- the fight for survival, the bravery, and the faith in modern social movements. Bahuguna’s transition from being an independence fighter in India to a Gandhian environmental fighter was marked by several key events, most notably the Chipko movement and the anti-Tehri Dam battles ... Recently, Sunderlal Bahuguna, the Gandhian who was the driving force behind the Chipko movement died due to Covid-19. It was a non-violent agitation which originated in Uttar Pradesh’s Chamoli district (now Uttarakhand) in 1973. Sunderlal Bahuguna was an iconic environmentalist and social activist from India, best known for his leadership in the Chipko Movement, a grassroots effort to protect forests in the Himalayan ... Sunderlal Bahuguna (9 January 1927 – 21 May 2021) was an Indian environmentalist from Uttrakhand and a great leader of the Chipko movement. The idea of the Chipko movement was of his wife (Vimla Bahuguna) and he executed the great idea to protect the forest. He has been fighting against Deforestation 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 ...
