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Place of Birth: Ganjam district, Odisha, India
About Prafulla Samantara
- Prafulla Samantara (born 1952) is an Indian environmental activist from Odisha.He has been a spokesperson for the Dangaria Kandha indigenous people, in their protest against plans for bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri hill range.
- A 2013 Supreme Court ruling stopped the mining plans.
- Samantara was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2017.
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