Gaura Devi led the Chipko movement on this day
Gaura Devi, a peasant woman from the Garhwal region led a group of women to hug trees for saving them from being felled as part of 'Chipko movement' on March 26, 1974. This non-violent struggle is said to have given birth to the modern Indian environment movement. A form of the movement was first seen in the 18th century.