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Gaura Devi (1925 – 1991) was a grassroots activist and a rural women community leader from India who played an important role in the Chipko movement. Life. Gaura Devi was born in 1925 in a village named Lata in the state of Uttarakhand. She moved to a nearby village named Raini by the Alaknanda River. By the age of 22 she was a widow with a ...
Gaura Devi, the environmentalist whose courage defined the Chipko movement, was a living icon. As a local resident, she rallied the women in the vicinity to fight the loggers, and their joint efforts saved more than two thousand trees from being felled.
Jun 21, 2023 · Gaura Devi was a courageous woman and a prominent figure in the Chipko Movement. She hailed from the village of Reni in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, India. Gaura Devi became a symbol of resistance and strength when she led a group of women in 1973 to protect the trees in their sacred grove from being felled by loggers.
A local girl rushed to inform Gaura Devi, the head of the village Mahila Mangal Dal, at Reni village (Laata was her ancestral home and Reni adopted home). Gaura Devi led 27 of the village women to the site and confronted the loggers.
Mar 26, 2019 · Gaura Devi, a resident of the village, mobilised the women around her to stand up to the loggers, and their combined efforts would go on to save a whopping number of 2,500 trees from being axed.
Mar 26, 2024 · Fifty years ago this week, Gaura Devi, an ordinary woman from a nondescript village in India, hugged a tree, using her body as a shield to stop the tree from being cut down. Little did she...
Jun 29, 2016 · The inspiring lady, Gaura Devi is famous as Chipko woman. She was born in 1925 in a mediocre family by Narayana Singh of village Lata. At the age of 11, she was married to Meharban Singh. She faced a lot of problems after passing away of her husband when she was 22.
Jun 17, 2024 · However, they were met with the women of the village, led by Gaura Devi, who refused to move out of the forest and eventually forced the loggers to withdraw. The action in Reni prompted the state government to establish a committee to investigate deforestation in the Alaknanda valley and ultimately led to a 10-year ban on commercial logging in ...
Born with an unwavering love for the mountains and a burning desire to protect them, Gaura Devi’s story is one of courage, determination, and profound impact...
Gaura Devi had not been able to attend the meetings although her son had talked about them. It was around 11 am — time for cooking in the village. Gaura left her house and rallied other women.
