From the early 1970s new forms of social mobilisation began in India. They gained a variety of names such as social movement, people's movement, popular movements etc. These movements emerged and highlighted some of the major issues such as gender and environment. Most well known movements in the country are Chipko movement, Save Silent Valley, Narmada Bachao Andolan, Koel Karo, Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha, Jhola Aandolan chutmarika (fighting polythene), Appiko movement, Save Kudremukh, Lok Satta Movement, Swadhyay Movement, Swatantra Sharad Joshi , Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha