Indian Social Movements

Indian Social Movements

List of Social movements India after 1947. This listing is separate from listing of Indian NGOs.

*Narmada Bachao Andolan
*Chipko movement
*Swadhyay Movement
*Appiko movement
*Save Silent Valley
*Save Kudremukh
*Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha
*Swatantra Sharad Joshi [http://www.angelfire.com/in/swatantra/]
*Bhartiya Chutney Bachao Andolan
*Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha [http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/14/stories/2007021414890300.htm]

external listing by areas

* [http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/SouthAsia/movements.html Social Movements in South Asia: Selected Internet Resources]


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