At the age of 22, Gaura Devi became a widow with a two-and-a-half year old child to bring up. She took over the family's wool trade and brought up her son Chandra Singh alone.

Chipko heroineIJ Gaura Devi , who was a living legend in this Himalayan region, passed away inIJIJ July 1991 at the age of 66 in Uttarakhand's mountain village of Reni. Her story has been told ...

Fifty years ago this week, Gaura Devi, an ordinary woman from a nondescript village in India, hugged a tree, using her body as a shield to stop the tree from being cut down.

Chandra Singh, the son of Gaura Devi. She was a grassroots activist, a community leader, and one of the pioneers of the Chipko movement, which gained significant momentum in 1974.

Raini village's Gaura Devi who played a key role in the Chipko movement in March 1974. Explore. Search Wednesday, Jun 11, 2025. New Delhi o C. Subscribe. Games. E-Paper Sign in. My Account ...

Gaura Devi had not been able to attend the meetings although her son had talked about them. It was around 11 am — time for cooking in the village. Gaura left her house and rallied other women.

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Dehradun: Struck by Sunday’s natural calamity, Raini village in Chamoli, where Chipko movement leader Gaura Devi lived and worked, is set to get a special Van Panchayat Plan. The announcement ...

Launched in 2017, the Gaura Devi Kanya Dhan Yojana aims to support the education of girl students from weaker financial sections. Under the scheme, ...

In 2017, the state government launched Gaura Devi Kanyadhan Yojana with an aim to empower and assist girl students. Since then, the lives of thousands of women have changed.

Our Correspondent Pithoragarh, September 8 The four-day Gaura Festival concluded in Pithoragarh town today as the idols of Gaura and Maheswar were immersed in the water body near a temple in the t ...