Chipko Movement Was Started In Which Village
It began in 1973 in uttarakhand then a part of uttar pradesh at the foothills of himalayas and went on to become a rallying point for many future environmental movements all over the world.
Chipko movement was started in which village. The hindi word chipko means to hug or to cling to and reflects the demonstrators primary tactic of embracing the trees to impede the loggers. In modern india the origin of the chipko movement is a village named mandal in uttarakhand former part of uttar pradesh in the upper alaknanda valley. Chipko movement was a grass root level movement or campaign started by the people in a small village in uttarakhand state to protect the trees from cutting down.
The chipko movement or chipko andolan was a forest conservation movement in india. It created a precedent for starting nonviolent protest in india. The meaning movement was to embrace and hug the trees to protect them from the contractors who wanted to cut them.