The Nobel Prize2014 in Peace awarded to Indian Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistani Malala Yousafzay

 

 

 

 

I am pleased to share this great news that this year’s  Nobel Prize for Peace has been awarded to  an Indian Mr Kailash Satyarthi  and a Pakistani young girl Malala Yousafzay .

The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in a number of categories by Swedish and Norwegian committees in recognition of cultural and/or scientific advances. The will of the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel established the prizes in 1895. The prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine,Literature, and Peace were first awarded in 1901. The related Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was created in 1968.

The Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway, while the other prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden. The Nobel Prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious award available in the fields of literature, medicine, physics, chemistry, peace, and economics.

 

 

60 years old Kailash Satyarthi is the 8th Nobel Laureate born in India

India's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzay were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for "showing great personal courage" and their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.

Kailash Satyarthi (born 11 January 1954) is an Indian children's rights activist  He has been active in the Indian movement against child labour since the 1990s. So far his organization, Bachpan Bachao Andolan, has freed over 80,000 children from various forms of servitude and helped in successful re-integration, rehabilitation and education.

Malala first Nobel Laureate born in Pakistan. 2 earlier Physics Laureates born in India, (area today Pakistan).

The committee said Kailash Satyarthi maintained Mahatma Gandhi's tradition and headed various forms of protests and demonstrations, all peaceful, focusing on the grave exploitation of children for financial gain. He has also contributed to the development of important international conventions on children's rights".
"Children must go to school and not be financially exploited. In the poor countries of the world, 60% of the present population is under 25 years of age. It is a prerequisite for peaceful global development that the rights of children and young people be respected. In conflict-ridden areas in particular, the violation of children leads to the continuation of violence from generation to generation," the committee said.

The Nobel Institute in Oslo saw a record 278 candidates for the Nobel peace prize for 2014. Around 47 of these were organizations. The committee had said that 278 is the highest number of candidates ever. The previous record was 259 from 2013. The Nobel peace prize has been awarded to 124 laureates — to 100 individuals and 24 organizations till now.

Since the International Committee of the Red Cross was awarded three times and Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was awarded twice there are 100 individuals and 21 organizations that have been awarded the Nobel peace prize.

The year 1996 marked the 100th anniversary of the death of the Nobel Prize benefactor,Alfred B. Nobel (1833-1896). A chemical engineer and scientist by profession, Nobel devoted most of his life's work to the research and development of explosives, specifically dynamite, nitroglycerin, and blasting gelatin. Eventually, he came to hold 355 patents and became incredibly wealthy from the exploitation of his inventions-building and operating over 90 factories in 20 countries on five continents.

Many Postal administration issued postage stamps on 100th death anniversary of Alfred Nobel in the year 1996.