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What is the Nobel Prize?

the attention of a journalist, who made a documentary
based on her life, for the New York Times. It was around
the time when the Pakistani military intervened in the

Alfred Nobel was born on 21
October 1833 in Stockholm,
Sweden. He was a chemist,
engineer, and inventor. Nobel

region, resulting in the Second Battle of Swat. Malala then
went out in the open, giving interviews in print and on
television, about her views on education for girls. She has
got awarded many a times for her views.

amassed a fortune, mostly through

It was 9 October 2012, when Malala was boarding her

his 355 inventions, of

school bus, that a gunman fired three shots at her. After the

which dynamite is the most

attack, she was unconscious and in critical condition. She

famous.

was later sent to England, for intensive rehabilitation.

In 1888, Nobel was astonished to
read his own obituary, titled ”The merchant of death is
dead”, in a French newspaper. As it was Alfred's

The United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education, an

brother Ludvig who had died. After seeing his obituary,

arm of the UN, later launched a petition in Malalaʼs name,

Nobel was apprehensive about how he would be

using the slogan "I am Malala", demanding that all children

remembered. This inspired him to create a will that

worldwide be in school by the end of 2015. This petition led

specified that his fortune be used to create a series of

to Pakistan's first Right to Education Bill. Malalaʼs courage

prizes for those who confer the "greatest benefit on

has won her the most coveted prize in the world, The Nobel

mankind" in physics, chemistry, peace, physiology,

Peace Prize, which she shares with Kailash Satyarthi,

medicine, and literature. Hence, the Nobel Prize was born.

Why did a 17 year Old Malala Win the
Nobel Prize?
Malala Yousafzai, a 17 year old girl,
from Swat Valley in Pakistan, was a
strong advocate of women being
educated. She raised a voice against
the Islamic fundamentalist group called
Taliban which many a times prevented
girls from attending school.

Who is Kailash Satyarthi? And Why Did
He Win the Nobel Peace Prize?
a children's rights activist from India.
Kailash Satyarthi was a teacher in
Bhopal, before he became the
secretary general for the Bonded
Labor Liberation Front. He also
founded the Bachpan Bachao
Andolan that year, and was involved
with the Global March Against Child
Labor and the International Center on Child Labor and
Education.

Malalaʼs family runs a chain of schools in Swat valley, and
when she was 11–12 years old, she wrote a blog under a
pseudonym for the BBC, detailing her life under the Taliban
occupation and their attempts to take control of the valley.

Kailash Satyarthi has also served as the President of
the Global Campaign for Education, from its inception in
1999, till 2011, having been one of its four founders
alongside other international organisations.
Satyarthi has highlighted child labor as a human rights

Her views on

Wow! So young and so
courageous! I wish I am
as strong as her, when
I am older.

promoting
education for girls in the Swat

issue as well as a welfare matter and charitable cause. He
says it gives birth to a number of social problems, He
strives towards "Education for All". He has been a member
of a UNESCO for the Global Partnership for Education).
Satyarthi serves on the board of several international

Valley, caught

organisations, and has truly worked towards creating a
better world for children. Hence, the Nobel Peace Prize is
well deserved.