Sunderlal Bahuguna (9 January 1927 – 21 May 2021) was an Indian environmentalist from Uttrakhand and a great leader of the Chipko movement. The idea of the Chipko movement was of his wife (Vimla Bahuguna) and he executed the great idea to protect the forest. He has been fighting against Deforestation in the Himalayas, first as a member of the Chipko movement in the 1970s, and later spearheaded the Anti-Tehri Dam movement starting 1980s, to early 2004. He was one of the early ... 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... Sunderlal Bahuguna was born on January 9, 1927, in the village of Maroda near Tehri, in present-day Uttarakhand (then part of British India). Growing up amidst the pristine beauty of the Garhwal Himalayas, he developed a deep connection with nature from childhood. Sunderlal Bahuguna is an environmentalist and leader of Chipko movement. He is an ardent follower of Mahatma Gandhi and has faith in the philosophies of Non-violence and Satyagraha.
