Question

Who founded the dasholi gram swarajya sangh?

A Gaura Devi Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
B Chandi Prasad Bhatt Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
C Sunderlal Bahuguna Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
D Anil Prakash Joshi Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

Solution

Chandi Prasad Bhatt is an Indian Gandhian 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, and for which he was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 1982, followed by the Padma Bhushan in 2005.

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