Jadav Payeng
Jadav "Molai" Payeng (born 31 October 1959) is an environmental activist and forestry worker from Majuli, popularly known as the Forest Man of India. Over the course of several decades, he has planted and tended trees on a sandbar of the river Brahmaputra turning it into a forest reserve. The forest, called Molai forest after him, is located near Kokilamukh of Jorhat, Assam, India and encompasses an area of about 1,360 acres / 550 hectares. In 2015, he was honoured with Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India. He was born in the indigenous Mising tribe of Assam.
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Payeng in 2014 | |
| Born | Payeng 31 October 1959 Jorhat, Assam, India |
| Other names | Molai |
| Occupation | Forester |
| Years active | 1959–present |
| Spouse | Binita Payeng |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Padma Shri (2015) |
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