Indramani Badoni was born on December 24, 1925[1] in a small farming hamlet Akhori, Hindow, in the subsidiary princely state of Tehri Garhwal.
[4] In 1980, Badoni joined the hands with the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal, a newly established regional political party aimed at creating a separate hill state from Uttar Pradesh, and remained its active member throughout his life.
During the Chief Ministership of Banarasi Das Gupta in Uttar Pradesh, he was the Vice Chairman of the Hill Development Council.
On 7th August, he was forcibly taken and admitted to a hospital in Meerut and from there he was shifted to AIIMS, Delhi in an attempt to withdraw him from public view.
His arrest enraged his followers and the movement gained further momentum resulting in the creation of Uttarakhand on November 9, 2000, a year after his demise.
[4] Due to his unwavering faith in the non-violent movement and his charismatic but easy-going personality, The Washington Post referred to Badoni as the "Mountain Gandhi."
[6][7] In state and national media Badoni is largely referred to as the "unsung hero" of the Uttarakhand Statehood Movement.