NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER

Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 for advocating girls' right to education, and Indian campaigner against child trafficking and labor Kailash Satyarthi won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

Yousafzai, aged 17, becomes the youngest Nobel Prize winner and 60-year-old Satyarthi the first Indian-born winner of the accolade.

They were picked for their struggle against the oppression of children and young people, and for the right of all children to education, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.

The sharing of the award between an Indian and a Pakistani came after a week of hostilities along the border of the disputed, mainly Muslim region of Kashmir - the worst fighting between the nuclear-armed rivals in more than a decade.

"The Nobel Committee regards it as an important point for a Hindu and a Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to join in a common struggle for education and against extremism," said Thorbjoern Jagland, the head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
Everybody knows who Malala is, but do you have any idea about the awesome things that Satyarthi has done? 

Here are 10 things that you must know about him:

1. He was born on January 11, 1954, in Vidisha, located near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

2. 60-year-old Satyarthi is the 8th Nobel Laureate born in India.

3.  He gave up a promising career as an electrical engineer when he was all of 26 to dedicate his life to help kids forced into slavery.

4. The founder of Bachpan Bachao Andolan, he has helped free around 80,000 children from the clutches of slavery and child labour.

5. He also rescues women from enslavement in filthy factories with deplorable conditions and sexual assault. 

6. He created "Rugmark" which certifies that carpets and rugs sold abroad aren't made by child labourers. 

The movement succesfully spread awareness about child rights globally.

7. He is the face of Global March Against Child Labor - a large group of as many as 2000 social-purpose organizations and unions active in 140 countries.

8. He heads the South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude (SACCS) which rallies national and international institutions and NGOs to bring pressure on governments, manufacturers, and importers to stop exploiting illegal labor.

9. Despite facing false charges and death threats for his work, he continued to work for his vision.

Two of his colleagues have even been murdered.

10. His work has been appreciated and honoured earlier as well.

He received a grant from the Skoll Foundation, the Freedom Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, and the US State Department's Heroes Acting to End Modern-Day Slavery award. 

His organisation Bachpan Bachao Andolan made this touching video.