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Under whose leadership the movement against deforestation was launched in the Raini village of Chamoli ?

Sunder Lal Bahuguna

Chandi Prasad Bhatt

Gaura Devi

Kalyan Rawat

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Gaura Devi (1925 – 1991) was an Indian Chipko activist in the Himalayas. Gaura Devi was born in 1925 in a village named Lata in the state of Uttarakhand. She moved to a nearby village named Reni by the Alaknanda River. By the age of 22 she was a widow with a child. Her new village was near to the border with Tibet. Gaura Devi was elected to lead the Mahila Mangal Dal (Women's Welfare Association) in the wake of the Chipko movement. The organization worked on the protection of community forests.

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