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    Who is the Author of the book “ The Chipko Movement :

    A People ’ s History ” ?
    A Manisha Chaudhary Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Shekhar Pathak Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Amit Ahuja Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Jairam Ramesh Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    • A People ’ s History ( Permanent Black & Ashoka University ) by Shekhar Pathak ( translated from Hindi by Manisha Chaudhry ) has won the Rs 15 lakh Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2022 .
    • Announced December 1, the award, in its fifth edition, was instituted by the New India Foundation in 2018 to recognise powerful works of non - fiction about contemporary India .
    • Former recipients of the award include Dinyar Patel in 2021 for Naoroji : Pioneer of Indian Nationalism, and Amit Ahuja in 2020 for Mobilizing the Marginalized : Ethnic Parties without Ethnic Movements, along with former Union minister Jairam Ramesh for his A Chequered Brilliance : The Many Lives of VK Krishna Menon .

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