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Know Kailash Satyarthi- First India-born person to win Nobel Peace prize

New Delhi: Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi belongs to Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh. He was an electrical engineer who turned into an activist for children's rights at the age of 26.He gave up his

India TV News Desk Updated on: December 10, 2014 12:28 IST

Rugmark, now known as Good Weave, in 1994, is a kind of social certification for child labour free carpets in South Asia.
 
He has passionately argued that child trafficking and labour perpetuate poverty, unemployment, illiteracy and population growth.

From the factories exploiting children in the country's biggest cities like Delhi and Mumbai to the hinterland of Odisha and Jharkhand where children are still illegally employed as bonded labourers, his organisation has rescued them in almost all parts of country.

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