Bipin Chandra Tripathi
Bipin Chandra Tripathi (Kumaoni: बिपिन चन्द्र त्रिपाठी; 23 February 1945 – 30 August 2004) was a founder member of the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal, a political party recognised in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Bipin Chandra Tripathi | |
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| Member, Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2002–2004 | |
| Constituency | Dwarahat |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 February 1945 Dwarahat, United Provinces, British India (present-day Uttarakhand, India) |
| Died | 30 August 2004 (aged 59) Dwarahat, Uttarakhand, India |
| Political party | Uttarakhand Kranti Dal |
| Alma mater | Kumaon University |
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| Known for | Uttarakhand movement Chipko movement |
Bipin Tripathi was a prominent socialist activist, environmentalist and a journalist from Uttarakhand. When he was on a hunger strike with a demand for the establishment of Degree College at Dwarahat, Almora he had lost sizeable weight but was still determined to continue his hunger strike till death or till the accomplishment of his demand. At that time he was working as an Owner Editor of Dronanchal Prahari, a fortnightly paper which he used to publish from Dwarahat.
Bipin Tripathi was born on 23 February 1945 in village Dairi of Dwarahat, Almora district to Mathura Datt Tripathi and mother name was Kalawati Devi. He had his primary and secondary education at Mukteshwar, Nainital district. He passed his Intermediate from Dwarahat and went to Haldwani for pursuing the course of Electrical Diploma.