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3 days ago · Narmada Bachao Andolan The river also plays an important role in the lives of the people residing along its banks. It is a source of irrigation, drinking water, and electricity for millions.
3 days ago · The Narmada Bachao Andolan movement was started as a protest against the construction of dams across the Narmada River, involving adivasis (tribals), farmers, locals and social activists.
3 days ago · The Narmada Bachao Andolan activist faces a jail term for defaming the man who once tried to vilify a mass movement for questioning the Indian state.
5 days ago · Kailash Satyarthi is an Indian social reformer who campaigned against child labor in India and elsewhere and advocated the universal right to education. In 2014 he was the corecipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
4 days ago · In 1991 Hazare launched the Bhrashtachar Virodhi Jan Andolan (BVJA, People's Movement against Corruption), a popular movement to fight against corruption in Ralegaon Siddhi. In the same year he protested against the collusion between 40 forest officials and timber merchants.
1 day ago · The Quit India Movement (also known as Bharat Chhodo Andolan) was a civil disobedience movement in India which commenced on 8 August 1942 in response to Gandhi's call for immediate self-rule by Indians and against sending Indians to World War II. He asked all teachers to leave their schools, and other Indians to leave their respective jobs and ...
5 days ago · In 2000, Saxena had published an advertisement against Patkar’s Narmada Bachao Andolan, which opposed the construction of dams over the Narmada river. Following this, Patkar had allegedly issued a ‘press notice’ against Saxena.
