He urged the children in Jammu and Kashmir to stay away from violence, and said "together, we will win this battle".
Without naming separatists and militants active in the Valley, he asked them not use children to achieve their goals.
"Children...can achieve everything with education. They are your children and our children too," he said.
Satyarthi is on a Bharat Yatra to spread awareness about crimes against children. Last week, he held several programmes in Uttar Pradesh. He had begun his Yatra from Kanyakumari.
"I will make appeals and prayers for you and need be, I will struggle too, provided you stay away from violence."
Satyarthi was born in Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh.
After completing an electrical engineering degree, he worked as a teacher. In 1980, he left teaching and founded Bachpan Bachao Andolan, which has freed thousands of children from slave-like conditions.
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