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Why Gandhi Wasn't Peaceful Enough for the Nobel Peace Prize

#Gravitas The Nobel Peace Prize — the world’s most celebrated honour for peace — has often sparked debate. Mahatma Gandhi, the architect of peaceful resistance, was repeatedly denied this recognition. Despite being nominated five times — in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947, and finally in early 1948 — Gandhi never found a place among the Nobel laureates.