21 May 2020 10:40 AM
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1. Kailash Satyarthi has been awarded Nobel Peace Prize for his "struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education".
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2. He is the first India-born person to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and the seventh Indian Nobel laureate. Mother Teresa, who was born in Albania, was the first Indian Nobel peace prize winner. She was honoured in 1979.
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3. Though He won Nobel Peace Prize this year, but he was nominated many times in the past for his relentless crusade for defending child rights. Satyarthi has also won a host of other prestigious awards. Most notable among these are: Defenders of Democracy award (US), Medal of the Italian Senate, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung award (Germany), and the Alfonso Comin International Award (Spain).
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4. Kailash Satyarthi founded Bachpan Bachao Andolan in 1983. The organization was established to fight and raise awareness about the exploitation of children forcefully thrust into the world of manual labour. He has managed to rescue and rehabilitate nearly 80,000 children.
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5. Satayarthi is not his real last name. As a teenager, he invited a group of "Upper" caste local peoples to a meal prepared by "lower" caste "untouchables"; the invited guests boycotted the event and his family. He was deeply upset with this act and decided to give up his last name and Chose "Satyarthi" which means Seeker of Truth.
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6. Kailash Satyarthi was born in Vidisha, in Madhya Pradesh where up to the age of 26 he pursued the dream of becoming an engineer, only to realize he was destined for greater things.
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7. Over the course of his life, Satyarthi has survived many attacks on his life, the most recent being in the year 2011, when he along with his team, was attacked while trying to rescue child labourers from a slum in Delhi. He has also faced false charges and death threats. Two of his colleagues were murdered.
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8. A Family Man - Satyarthi lives in New Delhi, with his two children, wife and the countless children he has helped rescue from the barbaric world of child labour.
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