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Chandi Prasad Bhatt (born 23 June 1934) is an Indian environmentalist and social activist, who founded Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh (DGSS) in Gopeshwar in 1964, which later became a mother-organization to the Chipko Movement, in which he was one of the pioneers.
Dec 20, 2018 · Chandi Prasad Bhatt, widely admired as the pioneer of the Chipko Andolan, is among them. The Chipko movement of the 1970s, which resulted in Himalayan villagers successfully saving...
Oct 7, 2015 · In 2014, Chandi Prasad Bhatt was honoured with Gandhi Peace Prize by President Pranab Mukherjee. He was a Gandhian and environmentalist who initiated the Chipko Movement in March 1973.
Aug 20, 2022 · Almost half a century after the launch of the Chipko Movement—one of independent India’s most famous non-violent social movements that drew global attention to the need for protecting...
Mar 23, 2024 · Chandi Prasad Bhatt. Sourced by the Telegraph. An Indian I greatly admire is the social worker and pioneer of the Chipko movement, Chandi Prasad Bhatt. My first meeting with him, when I was in my early twenties, had a transformative impact on my life.
Chandi Prasad Bhatt (1934– ) is the Gandhian activist best known for the pioneering groundwork which led to the start of Indian environmentalism. In the early 1970s it was he who first urged Himalayan peasants to “hug the trees” as a form of non-violent protest against the logging of age-old forests, resulting in the internationally ...
Born in 1934 to an impoverished Brahmin family in Chamoli district, Chandi Prasad Bhatt lost his father early, and his mother struggled to fund his education. He found a steady job as a bus...
Mar 1, 2024 · Chandi Prasad Bhatt’s memoir, Gentle Resistance, is a remarkable book, by a man no less unique. Bhatt came to public prominence in the wake of the Alaknanda floods of 1970.
Sir Chandi Prasad Bhatt is an octogenarian Indian Gandhian environmentalist. He’s a social activist who actively contributed to the Chipko Movement and stands proud as Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Community Leadership, 1982 and Padma Bhushan Awardee, 2005.
LUCKNOW: Gandhian environmentalist Chandi Prasad Bhatt, 88, is well-known for his outstanding contributions to environmental causes, especially in the Himalayan region. He is the founder of...
