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CHIPKO MOVEMENT - INDIA - UTTARANCHAL - HISTORY (5) answer(s).
 
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Aani and the tree huggers / Atkins, Jeannie; Pinto, Venantius J. (ill.)   Book
Atkins, Jeannie Book
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Summary/Abstract Based on true events in India in the 1970s, young Aani and the other women in her village defend their forest from developers by wrapping their arms around the trees, making it impossible to cut them down.
Standard Number 9781584300045
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Forests belong to us: if you cut a tree you cut your life / Sen Gupta, Subhadra; Guha, Tapas (ill.) 2016  Book
Sen Gupta, Subhadra Book
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Publication New Delhi, The Energy and Resources Institute, 2016.
Description 24pGreen Spine
Series Caring for Nature
Summary/Abstract Tells how women and children by most peaceful means by hugging the trees, saved the guardians of nature.
Standard Number 9788179933626 Pb.
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India through people: 25 game changers / Cariapa, Devika 2019  Book
Cariapa, Devika Book
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Publication Chennai, Tulika Publishers, 2019.
Description 160pWhie spine
Summary/Abstract The radical churn in society and politics, art and Culture, Science and Technology, which makes up the recent history of modern India, was propelled by individuals – women and men who had the vision, courage and determination to leave behind a footprint of change. This book spotlights 25 such game Changers. It looks at the times in which they lived, the challenges they dealt with, and the paths they forged. What emerges is the powerful journey of a country at the threshold of change, committed to charting its own course, helmed by its richest resource – its people.
Contents Rabindranath Tagore - He walked alone Rakhmabai - Not without consent Mahatma Gandhi - Bapu of the nation Periyar E. V. Ramasamy - Crusader against caste Begum Rokeya - She dared to dream Subramania Bharati - Songs of freedom C.V. Raman - The Raman effect Jawaharlal Nehru - Building India Babasaheb Ambedkar - Educate, agitate, organise P.C. Mahalanobis - The face of figures Satyendra Nath Bose - The man who counted photons C.K. Nayudu - Cricket's first colossus Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay - Crafting India Rukmini Devi Arundale - A vision of dance Dhyan Chand - Lightning stick D.D. Kosambi - Rewriting history Homi J. Bhabha - Atomic man Dakshayani Velayudhan - First among equals M.F. Husain - Barefoot and free Begum Akhtar - Ghazal queen M.S. Subbulakshmi - The MS Mystique Satyajit Ray - Cinema's master Mahasweta Devi - Write to fight Sunderlal Bahuguna - Earth warrior Aruna Roy - The right to demand
Standard Number 9789389203172 Hb.
Key Words Physicists - Biography  Scientists - Biography  Artists - Biography  Authors - Biography  Chipko movement - India - Uttaranchal - History  Chipko movement - History 
Freedom fighters - India  Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941  Ray, Satyajit, 1921-1992  Ambedkar, B. R. (Bhimrao Ramji), 1891-1956  UOI - Deforestation  UOI - Art 
UOI - Rights and responsibilities  UOI - National Pride  Cricket players - India - Biography  UOI - Education  Raman, C. V. Sir, (Chandrasekhara Venkata) 1888-1970  Physicists - India - Biography 
UOI - Leaders  Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948  Cricket captains - India - Biography  Mathematicians - Biography  Husain, M.F., 1915 - 2011  Mathematicians - India - Biography 
Cricket players - Biography  Singers - Biography  Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964  Roy, Aruna, 1946 -  Bahuguna, Sunderlal, 1927 -  Devi, Mahasweta, 1926 - 2016 
Faizabadi, Akhtari Bai, 1914 - 1974  Velayudhan, Dakshayani, 1912 - 1978  Bhabha, Homi J. (Jehangir), 1909 - 1966  Kosambi, D.D. (Damodar Dharmananda), 1907 - 1966  Chand, Dhyan, 1905 - 1979  Arundale, Rukmini Devi, 1904 - 1986 
Chattopadhyay, Kamaladevi, 1903 - 1988  Nayudu, C.K. (Cottari Kanakaiya), 1895 - 1967  Bose, Satyendra Nath, 1894 - 1974  Mahalanobis, P.C. (Prasanta Chandra), 1893 - 1972  Bharati, Subramania, 1882 - 1921  Hossain, Rokeya Sakhawat, 1880 - 1932 
Ramasamy, Periyar E.V. (Erode Venkatappa), 1879 - 1973  Rakhmabai, 1864 - 1955  Subbulakshmi, M.S. (Madurai Shanmukhavadivu), 1916 - 2004 
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Saving Grandma's Tree: The Chipko Movement / Manokaran, Jeyanthi 2006  Book
Manokaran, Jeyanthi Book
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Publication India, Scholastic India Pvt. Ltd, 2006.
Description 40pWhite Spine
Series Environment Watch
Summary/Abstract Chandri believes that her Grandma's spirit lives on in an ash tree that grows in the forest near her village. But one day she sees a truckload of tree-fellers marking the trees to be cut down, and one of them is Grandma's tree! Will Chandri be able to save her beloved tree and forest? This is an inspiring story based on a true incident and introduces children to the Chipko Movement and the people who pioneered it.
Standard Number 8176554693 Pb.
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Saving the Gulmohur / Oberoi, Nandini   Book
Oberoi, Nandini Book
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Publication India, The Energy and Resources Institute,
Description 30pWhite Spine
Summary/Abstract Zara and her friends love their treehouse up in the old Gulmohur tree. it's where they play, study, share secrets, dream...When they find out that the tree would be cut down to make space for apartments, they gather all their strength and plan a strategy.
Standard Number 8179930637 Pb.
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