Key facts
- Born
- 23 June 1934, Chamoli Gopeshwar
- State of birth
- Chamoli Gopeshwar, Uttarakhand
- Sector
- Environment
- Profession
- Indian environmentalist
- Gender
- Male
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Biography
Chandi Prasad Bhatt is an Indian 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. For his work Bhatt was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1982, followed by the Padma Bhushan in 2005.
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Timeline
- 1934Born in Chamoli Gopeshwar
- 1982Awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award
- 1986Awarded the Padma Shri in social work
- 2005Awarded the Padma Bhushan
- 2013Awarded the Gandhi Peace Prize
- 2018Awarded the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration
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- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5
- Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Tikeswar1111