Write an essay on Chipko Andolan.

This movement started from a village of Khejadli in Jodhpur district. In this the villagers gave their life to save trees and protect them from cutting. In 1930 AD, Maharaja of Jodhpur was building his castle. He needed wood for that. His servants arrived at the village to get the wood. They started cutting the Khejri trees. The sound was heard by Amrita Devi and her three daughters. They went and hugged the trees to save them. The soldiers cut them with the trees. This news spread to the villages nearby too. The villagers came and hugged the trees and sacrificed their lives. Amrita Devi and 362 vishnoies people lost their lives to save trees.

Bishnoies are determined even today to protect plants, trees and wildlife. They had sacrificed their life for Khejri trees known scientifically as Prosopis cineraria. Khejri tree was declared as state tree of Rajasthan in 1983.