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Which of the following statement is/are correct? 1. Inspired by Chipko Andolan, Amrita Devi Bishnoi and 363 people sacrificed their life for saving Khejri trees. 2. Bishnois are called India’s first environmentalists.

Which of the following statement is/are correct? 1. Inspired by Chipko Andolan, Amrita Devi Bishnoi and 363 people sacrificed their life for saving Khejri trees. 2. Bishnois are called India’s first environmentalists. Correct Answer  2 Only

The correct answer is 2 Only.

Key Points

  • Bishnois are called India’s first environmentalists.
  • Amrita Devi Bishnoi and 363 people sacrificed their life for saving Khejri trees in 1730.
  • Chipko Andolan was nearly after 243 years of the Khejri Massacre.
    • Hence the correct answer is 2 Only.

Important Points

  • Bishnois are followers of Guru Jambheshwar, a fifteenth-century seer, whose 29 commandments define their ethos.
  • The word ‘Bishnoi’ itself is derived from bis (twenty) and noi (nine), and thus they are the ‘twenty-nine’. 
  • About 18 km from Jodhpur is the small Khejarli village. 
  • The morning of September 11, 1730, when strange men with large axes 
  • With the mission to cut down and carry off the Khejri trees to  Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur.
  • Maharaja Abhay Singh had decided to build a new palace and needed wood.
  • Amrita Devi and other villagers rushed out of houses to see their trees.
  • Amrita Devi, her daughter, and the villagers then hugged the tree.
  • The King's men chopped through their bodies to cut the tree. 

Additional Information

  • Nearly 243 years after it happened, the Khejarli story inspired another environmental movement the Chipko Andolan (1973).
  • This, in turn, spawned the Jungle Bachao Andolan (1982) in Bihar and Jharkhand.
  • The Appiko Chaluvali (1983) in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, and other similar protests. 
  •  In 2013, the Department of Environment and Forests declared September 11 as National Forest Martyrs Day.

Important Points

  • The Sacred Khejri
    • The Khejri tree holds a special place in their lives, and cutting down or lopping its branches is taboo.
    • This small tree has been hailed as the lifeline of the Thar desert.
    • It is a source of shade, its leaves provide fodder to camels.
    • The wood is used as fuel, its roots fix atmospheric nitrogen, making the soil fertile.
    • Hence the Khejri is valuable to the desert economy and ecology.

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