Birth Name:

Chandi Prasad Bhatt

Male

Birth Date:

Sat, Jun 23, 1934

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Gopeshwar, Uttarakhand, India

Age:

89

Zodiac Sign:

Cancer

Astrology Data:

Sun

1°

Can

6'

About Chandi Prasad Bhatt

Chandi Prasad Bhatt (born 1934) is an Indian Gandhian 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, and for which he was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 1982, followed by the Padma Bhushan in 2005. Today he is known for his work on subaltern social ecology, and considered one of India's first modern environmentalist. In 2013, he was the recipient of the Gandhi Peace Prize.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• "A Gandhian in Garhwal" by Ramachandra Guha, The Hindu, 2 June 2002

• Hug the Trees! by Mark Shepard

• Citation for the 1982 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership and response

• Website of the Nanda Devi Campaign, the successor to the Chipko Movement

• The Chipko Movement

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Chandi Prasad Bhatt: Sun 1 Cancer, Moon 7 Scorpio, Mercury 23 Cancer, Venus 24 Taurus, Mars 14 Gemini, Jupiter 13 Libra, Saturn 28 Aquarius, Uranus 0 Taurus, Neptune 9 Virgo, Pluto 23 Cancer, Sun Sextile Uranus, Sun Trine Saturn, Mercury Sextile Venus, Mercury Semi Square Neptune, Mercury Conjunct Pluto, Venus Square Saturn, Venus Sextile Pluto, Mars Trine Jupiter, Mars Semi Square Uranus, Mars Square Neptune, Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Saturn Sextile Uranus, Neptune Semi Square Pluto

Categories related to Chandi Prasad Bhatt: Living people, June 23 births, Recipients of the Padma Shri in social work, Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in other fields, Gandhians, Ramon Magsaysay Award winners, Indian environmentalists, Social workers from Uttarakhand, 1934 births, Indian conservationists, People from Chamoli district, Recipients of the Gandhi Peace Prize, Members of the Planning Commission of India, Social workers

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