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Detailed explanation-1: -The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee marked his 81st birthday by launching a ‘100 Million for 100 Million’ Campaign organized by the Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (December 11, 2016).

Detailed explanation-2: -100 Million campaign is a global campaign to mobilise 100 million youth to devote themselves for a better future for 100 million marginalised children who have been denied their rights and liberty.

Detailed explanation-3: -The campaign was conceptualized by Nobel peace prize winner Kailash Satyarthi and was organized by the Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation. The campaign aims to mobilise 100 million youth and children for 100 million underprivileged children across the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -Satyarthi founded the Save the Childhood Movement (BBA) and the GoodWeave organisation, which certifies carpet manufacturers who do not use child labour in their production. As of 2014, Satyarthi and his colleagues had freed 83 000 children from slavery. In 1998, Satyarthi led a global march against child labour.

Detailed explanation-5: -A. Ans: The first incident that made Kailash wonder about injustice in the world was when he saw a small boy working with his cobbler father shining shoes at the school gate on the first day of school. 2.