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Villagers in early 1973 hugged trees to stop commercial logging. In which present-day State did this begin?
AUttarakhand
BHimachal
CSikkim state
DMeghalaya
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Uttarakhand
1. The Chipko movement began in two or three villages.
2. They are in what is now Uttarakhand.
3. Chipko means to hug or cling.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 7, Rise of Popular Movements._
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