Environment Movements of India — Study Resources & PYQs
Chipko and Appiko movements, Silent Valley movement, Tehri Dam movement and Narmada Bachao movement.
- Estimated study time: 90 minutes
Study resources
- Environmental Movements: Chipko, Narmada and Silent Valley - INFLIBNET e-books (Article) — Academic chapter with place, year, leaders and aim for each movement. Note that Chipko spread to Tehri-Garhwal, which links it to the Tehri Dam movement.
- Environmental Movements in India - Testbook (Article) — Covers every movement in the syllabus plus Bishnoi, with leader names for each. Appiko is described as the Chipko movement of South India - an easy way to remember it.
- Environmental Movements: Chipko Andolan, Narmada Andolan - DSPMU Ranchi (PDF) — University PDF going deeper into the Narmada movement's protest methods and the role of Baba Amte, Sunderlal Bahuguna and Medha Patkar. Good for a long answer.
- Environmental Movements (SlideShare) (Article) — Slide deck summarising Chipko, Silent Valley, Appiko, Bishnoi and Narmada Bachao in a few lines each. Fastest revision option for this topic.
- Environmental Movements in India: Bishnoi, Chipko, Appiko and Narmada Bachao Andolan (Video) — Covers the movements in one video with dates and leaders. Watch once, then use the notes above to fix the details.
Taught in these subjects
- ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT — BCET11 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu