This renowned movement began in 1971 in the hills of Uttrakhand drew upon the Bishnoi's action in Rajasthan nearly 265 years ago. Chipko Movement means hug-the- tree movement. The Chipko Movement's first action started in March 1974 in Reni village in the Garhwal Himalayas, when a group of village of women led by Gauri Dei hugged the trees and prevented the hired sawyers to cut them down for a sports goods company. The movement spread rapidly throughout the valley. Women, being most affected by the hardship of both the ongoing degradation to their environment and the privatization of basic resources, played a prominent and decisive role. When attempts were made to divert the attention of the men, the women stepped into save their organized and environment and their livelihoods. This simple action translated into a peaceful movement under the leadership of Chandi Prasad Bhatt. The movement largely drew upon Gandhian principles of non-violent and Satyagrah. This was the first movement of its kind, not just in post-independent India, but also across the world. It is regarded as one of the hallmarks in the history of the environmental movement. As the movement gained steam the government finally yielded and the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a ban on tree logging in the 5000-kilometer Trans Himalayan region. A United Nations Environment Program feature lauded the efforts of the participants: 'the Chipko people are working for a socio-economic revolution by wining control of their forest resources from the hands of a distant bureaucracy which is concerned with selling the forest for making urban-oriented products. It also sensitized civil society in India to the need to pressure the government to formulate an ecological policy that would promote sustainable development. The Chipko Movement, which began in 1973, is one of India's most significant environmental movements, aimed at protecting forests from commercial exploitation. Here’s a detailed look at the movement: