SUNDERLAL BAHUGUNA

About:

• Sunderlal Bahuguna (1927 – 2021) was an Indian noted Garhwali environmentalist. He was one of the early environmentalists of India.
  
  
• He was one of the founders of the Chipko, or hug the tree movement, in the 1970s to save Himalayan forests from cutting down by forest contractors.
  
  
• He later spearheaded the Anti-Tehri Dam movement starting 1980s, to early 2004.
  
  
• He also fought against untouchability and later started organising hill women in his anti-liquor drive from 1965 to 1970.
  
  
• He adopted Gandhian principles in his life.
  
  
• In 2009, he was awarded Padma Vibhushan Award by government of India for environment conservation.