History Project
A Project submitted to
Ms. Kasturi Chatterjee
By
Sampada Patel
Class X (ICSE)
Academic Year 2019 - 2020
DPS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
36 AROOZOO AVENUE
SINGAPORE 539842
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CERTIFICATE
This is certified to be the bona fide work of Sampada Patel of class X
(ICSE) during the academic year 2020-2021.
Signature of Teacher in charge
Signature of Principal Signature of Examiner
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I, Sampada Patel student of Class X (ICSE), would like to pay my
sincere gratitude to my History teacher, Ms. Kasturi Chatterjee for
helping and guiding me throughout the completion of my project, I
am thankful to her and I hope that my Project meets her
expectations.
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ACHIEVMENTS OF MALALA YOUSAFZAI
1.Who is Malala Yousafzai?
Malala Yousafzai, born on 12 July 1997 is a Pakistani activist for female
education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. She is known for human rights
advocacy, especially the education of women and children in her native Swat
Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest Pakistan, where the local Pakistani
Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. Her advocacy has
grown into an international movement, and according to former Pakistani Prime
Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, she has become "the most prominent citizen"
of the country.
2. Early life: -
Yousafzai was born in Mingora, Pakistan, located in the country's Swat
Valley. For the first few years of her life, Yousafzai's hometown remained a
popular tourist spot that was known for its summer festivals. The area began to
change as the Taliban tried to take control.
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3. Education Activist:
Yousafzai attended a school that her father, educator Ziauddin Yousafzai, had
founded. After the Taliban began attacking girls' schools in Swat, Inspired
by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Yousafzai
started speaking about education rights when her father took her to speak at the
local press club where Malala gave a speech in Peshawar, Pakistan, in
September 2008. The title of her talk was, "How dare the Taliban take away my
basic right to education?"
In early 2009, when she was just 11 years old, Yousafzai began blogging for the
BBC about living under the Taliban's threats to deny her an education. In order
to hide her identity, she used the name Gul Makai. However, she was revealed
to be the BBC blogger in December of that year.
With a growing public platform, Yousafzai continued to speak out about her
right, and the right of all women, to an education. Her activism resulted in a
nomination for the International Children's Peace Prize in 2011. That same year,
she was awarded Pakistan's National Youth Peace Prize.
4. Shot by the Taliban
The Taliban had issued death threat against Malala because of her activism. On
October 9, 2012, when 15-year-old Yousafzai was riding a bus with friends on
their way home from school, a masked gunman boarded the bus and demanded
to know which girl was Yousafzai. When her friends looked toward Yousafzai,
her location was given away. The gunman fired at her, hitting Malala in the left
side of her head; the bullet then travelled down her neck. Two other girls were
also injured in the attack.
The shooting left Yousafzai in critical condition, so she was flown to a military
hospital in Peshawar. A portion of her skull was removed to treat her swelling
brain. To receive further care, she was transferred to Birmingham, England.
Once she was in the United Kingdom, Yousafzai was taken out of a medically
induced coma. In March 2013, she was able to begin attending school in
Birmingham.
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The shooting resulted in a massive outpouring of support for Yousafzai, which
continued during her recovery.
5. Awards and achievements: -
Year 2011:
Malala had been awarded Pakistan’s first National Youth Peace Prize and
international children’s peace award.
National youth peace prize children’s peace award.
Year 2012:
she received Mother Teresa Award for social justice, Anne Frank Award for
Moral Courage and Rome Prize for Peace and Humanitarian Action.
Year 2013:
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In October 2013, the European Parliament awarded Yousafzai the Sakharov
Prize for Freedom of Thought in acknowledgment of her work. In the same year
she received United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights, Ambassador of
Conscience Award and Simone de Beauvoir Prize. She also received Goodreads
Choice Award Best Memoir and Autobiography in 2013 for her book 'I am
Malala'.
Year 2014:
In October 2014, when Yousafzai became the youngest person to receive the
Nobel Peace Prize, at just 17 years old; she received the award along with
Indian children's rights activist Kailash Satyarthi.Yousafzai was first nominated
for the Nobel in 2013 but did not win. She was renominated in March 2014.
Nobel prize
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In congratulating Yousafzai, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said: “She
is the pride of Pakistan, she has made her countrymen proud. Her achievement
is unparalleled and unequalled. Girls and boys of the world should take lead
from her struggle and commitment." Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-
moon described Yousafzai as "a brave and gentle advocate of peace who,
through the simple act of going to school, became a global teacher.”
Year 2017:
In April 2017, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed
Yousafzai as a U.N. Messenger of Peace to promote girl’s education. The
appointment is the highest honour given by the United Nations for an initial
period of two years.
Yousafzai was also given honorary Canadian citizenship in April 2017. She is
the sixth person and the youngest in the country’s history to receive the honour.
honorary Canadian citizenship
Malala’s activism for education for all children is her most prominent
achievement. Malala has bravely spoken up for the right to education, especially
for girls. She has never given up on her goal to provide 12 years of quality
education to all the world’s and she continues to speak why education is crucial
for children. Her call for education embodies the spirit of the renaissance as it
was a time of learning, which could be achieved through education. Malala has
been greatly honoured, received awards and recognized for her efforts in
promoting education and she continues to inspire everyone for bravery.
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6. WEBLIOGRAPHY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai
https://www.biography.com/activist/malala-yousafzai
https://sites.google.com/site/malalayousafzai2015/achievements
https://malalayousafzaijourney.weebly.com/achievements.html
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