Why Was Gandhi Never Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
Published on 15 Aug 2007 in: Most Popular
Why the Nobel Peace Prize never went to Gandhiji ? We did some research, and found startling surprises.
Mohandas Gandhi, the Mahatma, “the Great Soul“, was never awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He was nominated for it five times in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947 and, finally, a few days before he was murdered in January 1948. It is widely held, that the Indian national leader should have been the very man to be selected for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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