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2017-04-24 Persons

6108.

Which Indian personality has won the 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize?

Prafulla Samantra

Rashida Bee

Champa Devi Shukla

Ramesh Agrawal

Answer: Option

Explanation:

Prafulla Samantra, an iconic leader of social justice movements in India, the Goldman Environmental Prize for his historic 12-year legal battle that affirmed the indigenous Dongria Kondh's land rights and protected the Niyamgiri Hills from a massive, open-pit aluminum ore mine.