International Personality and Their
Contributions
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 The figures who have given great
contribution to the welfare of the humankind
are known as the international personalities.
Some examples of such personalities are
Kailash Satyarthi and Dr. Martin Luther King.
We need to learn many thins from them as
our inspirations.
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 Many people come in this world and go unnoticed.
They have not left anything special worth taking
about and worth following. But some people come,
do really good for the mankind and are always
remembered even after their death. They work
towards improving the lot of many others rather than
their own. They are adorable, inspiring and
respectful. Such few people become internationally
renowned because of their noble deeds and
invaluable service to the mankind. What they have
done is not for their own benefit but something
greater that adds to the welfare of the entire human
race. Therefore, their popularity spreads beyond their
community and nation. Such people become
international personalities. We should appreciate their
deeds, pay due respects to them and follow their
footprints. In this lesson, we shall read briefly about
two internationally celebrated personalities of very
different parts and time periods of the world, and of
very different backgrounds: Kailash Satyarthi and
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 He is a renowned Indian child rights activist and the
winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. He is the
founder of an organization dedicated towards the
eradication of child labor and rehabilitation of the
rescued former child workers. Child labor is a major
problem in India where millions of young children are
engaged in various forms of work and not getting
education. Satyarthi has been working as a children’s
rights activist from the past many years and has
liberated ove 80,000 child laborers since 1980. He
formed the Save Childhood Movement to create
awareness about this social evil and to rescue
children from labor. He has been honored with
several awards for his relentless humanitarian work,
including the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 which he
shares with the Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzay.
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 He studied electrical engineering in a Bhopal college
and earned a post-graduate diploma in high-voltage
engineering.
 After his graduation he began working as an
engineer.
 He wanted to help people, especially the poor
children who worked as laborers and he quit his job
for this cause.
 He started a journal called ‘The Struggle Shall
Continue’ in 1980 in order to create awareness about
the problem of child labor.
 To tackle this problem, he formed the Bachpan
Bachao Andolan (BBA), a movement dedicated
towards eradication of human trafficking and bonded
child labor.
 He worked to educate the society about the evils of
child labor and focused the importance of helping the
children and providing them a chance to live normal
and healthy life.
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 The success of the BBA led to the creation of the
South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude (SACCS) in
1989.
 Bal Ashram was formed in Rajasthan where the
newly-rescued children are taught basic skills.
 In 1998, he led the Global march against child labor.
The march was a beginning movement to motivate
individuals and organizations to do fight against child
labor.
 He worked as a member of the UNESCO’s Education
for All and has addressed the U.N.’s General
Assembly,
 International Labor Conference, and U.N. Human
Rights Commission.
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 He received the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
Award in 1995 for significant contributions he
had made to human rights in India.
 Satyarthi, along with Pakistani teenage activist
Malala Yousufzai won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize
"for their struggle against the suppression of
children and young people and for the right of all
children to education".
 Named Harvard Person of the Year in 2014
 US Defenders of Democracy Award in 2009
 Golden Flag Award (Netherlands) in 1998
 The Aachener International Peace Award
(Germany) in 1994
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 Martin Luther King Jr. is considered to be one
of the most important historic figures of
America. He struggled to bring about
freedom, equality and respect for all in the
US. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on
January 15, 1929 in Atlanta. King graduated
from Morehouse College in 1948 with a
degree in Sociology. He further received a
Bachelor's of Divinity in 1951 and then a
Ph.D. from Boston College in 1955.
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 Martin Luther King, Jr. was appointed the pastor of the
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. It
was while serving as pastor of the church that Rosa Parks
was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a
white man. This occurred on December 1, 1955. By
December 5, 1955, the Montgomery Bus Boycott had
begun. During this time, African-Americans refused to
ride the public bus system in Montgomery. The boycott
lasted 382 days. In the end on December 21, 1956, the
Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation on public
transportation was illegal. He was made the leader of
various protests and was arrested numerous times. He was
a part of many nonviolent protests as he helped lead the
fight for desegregation and equal rights.
 On August 28, 1963, the March on Washington led by King
and other Civil Rights Leaders took place. It was the
largest demonstration of its kind in Washington, D.C. up to
that time and approximately 250,000 demonstrators were
involved. It was during this March that King gave his
historical "I Have a Dream" speech while speaking from the
Lincoln Memorial.
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 In 1964, he was honored as the youngest person ever
to receive the Nobel Peace Prize at the age of thirty-
five. He gave the entire amount of the prize money to
help with the Civil Right movement. Between 1965
and 1968, King continued with his protest work and
fight for Civil Rights. He was actively critic of poverty
and supported equal human rights, food, shelter,
education, health reach, equal pay, etc. Many
powerful people and organizations were angry at
King for this. They spread lies and wanted to make
people go against King. And one such person who
didn’t want King to succeed shot him after a rally.
Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis,
Tennessee on April 4, 1968.
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 Dr. Martin Luther King had seen a dream of
social revolution. He raised voice for end of
ethnic divisions and end of discrimination,
suppression from white people, equality,
freedom and honor, and liberation from
violent war. A did this by promoting non-
violent social revolution. The whole world still
praises his work and considers him to be one
of the most influential figures of the last
century.
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Thank
You
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