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'''Chami Murmu''' (born c. 1973) is known for plantings trees in India. When she was awarded the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] award in 2020 she had been involved with planting 2,500,000 trees.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Murmu was born about 1973,<ref name=ineng/> she is from Bagraisai village in [[Rajnagar (community development block)|Rajnagar]] block of the [[Seraikela Kharsawan district]].<ref name=joingreens>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/jharkhand/green-warriors-to-join-forces/cid/1753819|title=Green warriors to join forces|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-10}}</ref><br />
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In about 1996, Murmu began to plant trees. Over the next 24 years she was involved with planting 2.5 million trees.<ref name=ineng>{{Cite web|url=https://indianewengland.com/2020/03/chami-murmu-jharkhands-green-warrior-among-nari-shakti-awardees/|title=Chami Murmu: Jharkhand’s green warrior among Nari Shakti awardees|last=Engl|first=India New|last2=News|date=2020-03-09|website=INDIA New England News|language=en|access-date=2020-04-10}}</ref> These trees are saplings around her village that are required to replace trees that have been felled by "mafia". They are working despite the troubles with [[Naxalite–Maoist insurgency|Naxalite]]s. In 2020 she was the secretary from an organisation, Sahayogi Mahila Bagraisai, that champions her work and it has 3,000 members<ref name=joingreens/><br />
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[[File:Shri Narendra Modi with the Nari Shakti Awardees, in New Delhi on March 08, 2020.jpg|thumb|left|Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] with the Nari Shakti Awardees on [[International Women's Day]] in 2020.]]<br />
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In March 2020 Murmu was in New Delhi on [[International Women's Day]] where the President Kovind presented twelve Nari Shakti Puraskar awards and Murmu was one of those chosen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL47jWiLrdc|title=President Kovind presents the Nari Shakti Puraskar on International Women's Day in New Delhi|last=|first=|date=8 March 2020|website=YouTube|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref> Later that month Murmu announced that she and [[Jamuna Tudu]] were to join forces to protect Jharkhand's forests. They were called "the Lady Tarzans" in the press. Jamuna Tuda has 300 members in her organisation and together they hope to find more synergy.<ref name=joingreens/><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* Indira Priyadarshini Vriksha Mitra award, 1996<br />
* Nari Shakti, 2020<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1970s births]]<br />
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[[Category:People from Seraikela Kharsawan district]]<br />
[[Category:Nari Shakti Puraskar winners]]</div>Hembram Bakhul