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Detailed explanation-1: -Complete answer: The Chipko movement was started in March 1973. It was initiated in a small town named Gopeshwar that lies on the banks of river Alaknanda, in the Himalayas, and the Chamoli district of the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Tehri Garhwal, meanwhile, Chipko activists led by Sunderlal Bahuguna began organising villagers from May 1977 to oppose tree-felling in the Henwal valley.

Detailed explanation-3: -The ‘Chipko movement’ is a movement that followed Gandhian method of non-violent resistance though the act of hugging trees to protect them from being felled. The Chipko movement started in early 1970 in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand (the then U.P).

Detailed explanation-4: -The Chipko movement was a non-violent agitation in 1973 that was aimed at protection and conservation of trees, but, perhaps, it is best remembered for the collective mobilisation of women for the cause of preserving forests, which also brought about a change in attitude regarding their own status in society.