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[[File:Amrita Devi Bishnoi award.jpg|thumb|Amrita Devi Bishnoi national award for wildlife conservation being presented to a woman for her contribution to the conservation of wildlife.]]

The '''Amrita Devi Bishnoi Wildlife Protection Award''' is a [[National Award|national award]] instituted by the [[government of India]] for [[wildlife conservation]]. The award is in the remembrance of Amrita Devi Bishnoi, who died in the 1731 [[Khejarli massacre]] while trying to protect a grove of [[Khejri]] trees in [[Khejarli]], [[Rajasthan]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020-06-04|title=The Bishnois have been at the forefront of environmental conservation for centuries|url=https://en.gaonconnection.com/meet-the-bishnois-a-community-that-has-been-at-the-forefront-of-environmental-conservation-for-centuries/|access-date=2020-11-20|website=Gaonconnection {{!}} Your Connection with Rural India|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>Veda, A., 1998. [https://ncert.nic.in/textbook/pdf/jesc116.pdf Management of Natural Resources].</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Apr 14|first1=TNN / Updated|last2=2011|last3=Ist|first3=05:55|title=Govt plans national awards for environment protectors {{!}} Jaipur News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Govt-plans-national-awards-for-environment-protectors/articleshow/7976611.cms|access-date=2020-12-15|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

The governments of [[Rajasthan]] and [[Madhya Pradesh]] initially started the state-level Amrita Devi Bishnoi Award for contributions to the protection and conservation of wildlife. The award consisted of cash Rs 25000/-. Later in 2013, the [[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change|Ministry of Environment and Forests]] instituted the Amrita Devi Bishnoi National Award. The cash award consists of Rs 1,00,000/- given to individuals or institutions involved in wildlife protection.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Amrita Devi Bishnoi Wildlife Protection Award - The Official Website of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change|url=http://moef.gov.in/e-citizen/fellowships-and-awards/amrita-devi-bishnoi-wildlife-protection-award/|access-date=2020-11-20|website=The Official Website of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India|language=en-US}}</ref>

The first Amrita Devi Bishnoi National Award for Wildlife Conservation was conferred on September 11, 2001 posthumously on Ganga Ram Bishnoi of Chirai village in [[Jodhpur]], [[Rajasthan]] by the [[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change|Union Environment and Forest Minister]]. Ganga Ram was chasing some hunter who had killed a deer and was dead shot by the hunters. September 11 is celebrated as the National Forest Martyrs Day.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2020-04-07|title=Bishnois organise and educate themselves to take environment conservation beyond religion|url=https://india.mongabay.com/2020/04/bishnois-taking-environment-conservation-beyond-religion/|access-date=2020-11-20|website=Mongabay-India|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sahapedia|date=2020-09-10|title=When Amrita Devi and 362 Bishnois sacrificed their lives for the Khejri tree|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2020/09/11/when-amrita-devi-and-362-bishnois-sacrificed-their-lives-for-the-khejri-tree/|access-date=2020-11-20|website=Feminism In India|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL OF COMMERCE ARTS AND SCIENCE|url=http://www.casirj.com/article_pdf?id=3030.pdf|journal=International Research Journal of Commerce Arts and Science}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-11|title=National Forest Martyrs Day 2020: Why we observe this day on Sept 11 every year and how it started|url=https://english.jagran.com/lifestyle/nation-forest-martyrs-day-2020-why-we-observe-this-day-on-sept-11-every-year-and-how-it-started-10016542|access-date=2020-12-15|website=Jagran English}}</ref>

The Bishnoi community was started in 1485 by [[Guru Jambeshwar|Guru Jambheshwar]] in the [[Thar Desert]] of [[Rajasthan]]. In 1730, Along with Amrita Devi Beniwal Bishnoi more than 363 other Bishnois died saving the Khejri trees.<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2018-06-05|title=On Environment Day, recognise Bishnois for saving trees|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/on-environment-day-recognise-bishnois-for-saving-trees-118060500811_1.html|access-date=2020-12-15}}</ref> The Bishnoi community spread over the Western parts of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, and Madhya Pradesh gained recognition in India after the [[Wildlife Protection Act, 1972]]. It inspired the [[Chipko movement]] of [[Uttarakhand]]. The Bishnoi community took Bollywood actor [[Salman Khan]] to the court for allegedly killing two blackbucks during a movie shoot near [[Jodhpur]], [[Rajasthan]] in 1998.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-05-28|title=The Bishnois, India's original environmentalists, who inspired the Chipko movement|url=https://ecologise.in/2017/05/28/the-bishnois-indias-original-environmentalists-who-inspired-the-chipko-movement/|access-date=2020-11-20|website=Ecologise|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Salman Khan: How a committed and inspired Bishnoi community did Salman Khan in|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/how-a-committed-and-inspired-bishnoi-community-did-salman-khan-in/articleshow/63625066.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2020-12-15}}</ref>

== References ==

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== External links ==
* [https://www.jatland.com/home/Amrita_Devi Amrita Devi Bishnoi Jatland wiki]
* [https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Legend_of_Amrita_Devi_Mobile/rwpYCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 The Legend of Amrita Devi Mobile]

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