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Sunderlal Bahuguna (9 January 1927 – 21 May 2021) was an Indian environmentalist and Chipko movement leader. The idea of the Chipko movement was suggested by his wife Vimla Bahuguna and him.
May 21, 2021 · Bahuguna, who died with Covid-19 on Thursday aged 94, was known the world over as the man who taught Indians to hug trees to protect the environment. He was one of the main leaders of the Chipko...
May 27, 2021 · Noted Gandhian Sunderlal Bahuguna, known for leading Chipko in the 1970s and the anti-Tehri dam Movement in the 1990s, breathed his last on May 21, 2021. He practised a simple and sustainable lifestyle inspiring many who immensely contributed to the cause.
May 21, 2021 · Bahuguna, who died with Covid-19 on Thursday aged 94, was known the world over as the man who taught Indians to hug trees to protect the environment. He...
Jun 4, 2021 · Sunderlal Bahuguna’s (1927-2021) primary identity is of a crusader to save the Himalayan environment and people, but he also inspired generations of environmental activists outside the Chipko...
May 21, 2021 · Bahuguna died on Friday, May 21, 2021, at the age of 94 from complications of Covid-19. “Sunderlal Bahuguna carried the Chipko Movement’s message of environmental protection and non-violent resistance to India’s national stage,” said Ole von Uexkull, Executive Director of the Right Livelihood Foundation.
May 24, 2021 · Sunderlal Bahuguna, the indefatigable environmentalist who taught Indians to care for the environment, passed away due to COVID at 94 in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand. The man behind the Chipko Movement Bahuguna was born in Tehri in 1927.
Jan 10, 2022 · Bahugana was the most well-known leader of the Chipko movement in India, an anti-deforestation movement in the Indian Himalayas in the 1970s. Most of the Chipko activists were...
May 21, 2021 · At a meeting in Delhi, Sunderlal Bahuguna spoke quietly but firmly about the havoc being caused by deforestation and road construction in the Himalayas, and of the resolve of villagers to stop...
May 21, 2021 · Noted environmentalist and Chipko movement pioneer Sunderlal Bahuguna died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Rishikesh on Friday after battling Covid-19 for several days. He was 94. He breathed his last at 12.05 pm, AIIMS Director Ravikant said.
