describe the life of gaura devi in ur words .
chapter - Chipko movement
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Gaura Devi (1925 – 1991) was a grassroots activist and a rural women community leader from India who played an important role in the Chipko movement. ...
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she was actively involved in the panchayat and other community activities.
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It was not suprising that the women of her village approach her in the wake of the chipko movement to be the president of the mahila mangal dal.
Gaura Devi was in her late forties and her son was not doing very well. but she did not hesitate to accept their offer. gaura Devi always referred to the forests as gods because the people of the village were dependent on them for their daily necessities.
The name of the movement chipko come from a word meaning 'to embrace ' .but little did they know that the date for the felling had already been fixed. it was 25 march 1974 .
A young girl saw them and she went running back to report Gaura Devi.
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