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Amrita Bishnoi lost her life while saving a forest of _____ trees.

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teak
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khejri
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bamboo
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coconut
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The correct option is B khejri
In 1730, Amrita Devi, a Bishnoi woman along with more than 363 other Bishnois, died for the protection of a Khejri (Prosopis Cineraria) tree near Jodhpur in Rajasthan. The "Amrita Devi Bishnoi National Award for Wildlife Conservation" is instituted in the memory of Shri Amrita Devi Bishnoi.

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