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The Narmada Struggle : For more than half a century, ever since the foundation stone of the project was laid in 1961, the people of the Narmada Valley affected by the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) have been conducting a series of intense struggles against the project.

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Gujrat Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Early History of the Movement Strategies of the Narmada Bachao Andolan Women leaders of NBA Impact of Submergence and Displacement: Glimpses Short Clips Resources : Trees Resources : Fish Life by The Narmada Pan India Interviews / Non-regional Interviews

Gujrat

  1. The Late Mulji (bhai) Tadvi 
  2. Dalsukh (Bhai) Tadvi
  3. The Late Narsingh (bhai) and Soni / Sona (ben) Tadvi 
  4. Shanker (bhai) Kagda
  5. Ushaben Tadvi
  6. Champa (ben) Tadvi
  7. The Late Kanti Rumal, The Late Jiku Jesang and Shanker Kagda Tadvi
  8. Rasik (bhai) Gajanand Trivedi
  9. The Late Kapila (ben) Tadvi 
  10. The Late Prabhubhai Tadvi

Madhya Pradesh

  1. Parasmal (ji) Karnavat
  2. Kashiram (Kaka) Maru
  3. Late Gangaram (Baba) Yadav
  4. The Late Sadashiv Upadyaya (Patwari Baba)
  5. Rehmat
  6. The Late Shanta (Ben) Yadav
  7. Kamala Yadav (Kammujiji)
  8. Rukmani (Kaki) Patidar
  9. Bhagvati (Bhabhi) Patidar
  10. The Late Sitaram (bhai) Patidar
  11. Bava Mahariya
  12. Chagan (bhai) Kevat
  13. MAHESH SHARMA
  14. Mahesh (Bhai) Patel

Maharashtra

  1. The late Dedlibai Vasave
  2. Geeta Vasave
  3. Girdhar (Guruji) Pawara
  4. Keshav (bhau) Vasave
  5. Kevalsingh Vasave
  6. Manglia Pawara
  7. Pinjari-bai

Pan India Interviews / Non-regional Interviews

  1. Ashish Kothari
  2. Vasudha Dhagamwar
  3. Amit Bhatnagar
  4. Rahul Banerjee
  5. Sadhana Dadhich
  6. Girishbhai Patel
  7. Ashok (Bhai) Shrimali
  8. The Late Jyoti (bhai) Desai
  9. The Late Prabhakar (ji) Mandlik
  10. Anil (Bhai) Trivedi
  11. Doctor Sugan Baranth

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oralhistorynarmada.in This website shares people’s histories of the mass resistance against the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) a Mega Dam on the River Narmada in Western India in the form of oral histories of the people who have been directly involved in the movement.

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