ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS IN PRE AND POST-INDEPENDENCE INDIA: A POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

The environmental movement, is a social movement that aims to protect the natural world from harmful environmental practices to create sustainable living. Environmental movements are a subset of social movements. They bring together a diverse range of individuals, groups, coalitions who share common interests in environmental protection and work to reform environmental policies and practices. The study of the environmental movements has become one of the important discourses in academics and it has a number of aspects. This article explores the success and failure of the environmental movements in India throughout the pre and post-independence eras and the dynamic interplay between environmental activism and politics in India. This study sheds light on the significant milestones and challenges faced by environmental movements in shaping India’s environmental consciousness and policy frameworks.