Kailash Satyarthi

Kailash Satyarthi

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 86,000 children in India from child labour, slavery and trafficking. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kailash Satyarthi has received more than 2,831,541 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Kailash Satyarthi is the 193rd most popular social activist (up from 207th in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from India (up from 195th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Indian Social Activist.