SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Kailash Satyarthi

1954 - Today

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Kailash Satyarthi (born 11 January 1954) is an Indian social reformer who campaigned against child labor in India and advocated the universal right to education. In 2014, he was the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, along with Malala Yousafzai, "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education." He is the founder of multiple social activist organizations, including Bachpan Bachao Andolan, Global March Against Child Labour, Global Campaign for Education, Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation, and Bal Ashram Trust. Kailash Satyarthi and his team at Bachpan Bachao Andolan have liberated more than 1,30,000 children in India from child labour, slavery and trafficking. In 1998, Satyarthi conceived and led the Global March against Child Labour, an 80,000 km (ca. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kailash Satyarthi is the 186th most popular social activist (down from 184th in 2019), the 235th most popular biography from India (down from 176th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Kailash Satyarthi ranks 186 out of 840. Before him are Gretl Braun, Vinoba Bhave, Jan Karski, Manuela Sáenz, Klaus Störtebeker, and Carl Oberg. After him are Billy Milligan, Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Rudi Dutschke, Leopold Trepper, Salvador Puig Antich, and Ales Bialiatski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Kailash Satyarthi ranks 81. Before him are Jane Campion, Prince Ernst August of Hanover, James Pickens Jr., Lee Child, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and J. Michael Straczynski. After him are Kim Pyong-il, Mirza Delibašić, Rashad al-Alimi, Patsy Reddy, Marco Tardelli, and Prayut Chan-o-cha.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kailash Satyarthi ranks 235 out of 1,861. Before him are Rajkumar (1929), Birbal (1528), Kamala Sohonie (1912), Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883), Ajay Banga (1959), and Jayadeva (1170). After him are Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (1905), B. K. S. Iyengar (1918), S. R. Ranganathan (1892), Amrit Kaur (1889), Namdev (1270), and Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1866).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Kailash Satyarthi ranks 9. Before him are Gerald Durrell (1925), Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856), Kasturba Gandhi (1869), Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904), Gangubai Kothewali (1939), and Vinoba Bhave (1895). After him are Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1866), Mangal Pandey (1827), Kittur Chennamma (1778), Mohammad Ali Jauhar (1878), Vandana Shiva (1952), and C. Rajagopalachari (1878).

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