Was geography a reason why Mahatma Gandhi was not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
The HinduDespite being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize on five occasions - 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947, and a few days before he was assassinated in 1948 - Mahatma Gandhi was never awarded the prize. Nobel Peace prize winners The chart shows the Nobel Peace Prize winners since 1901. Winners over the decades image/svg+xml Peace Nobel winners from Western Europe or North America All other regions/ U.N. Year when award wasn't given or nationality not specifed 1901-1910 1911-1920 1921-1930 1931-1940 1941-1950 1951-1960 1961-1970 1971-1980 1981-1990 1991-2000 2001-2010 2011-2018 Carlos Saavedra Lamas : First winner outside Western Europe & the U.S. Albert John Lutuli : First African winner Le Duc Tho : First Asian Until the 1960s, very few people residing outside Western Europe and North America were awarded the Peace Nobel. Oyvind Tonnesson, former Nobelprize.org Peace Editor, in a blog post has commented that “in retrospect, the horizon of the Norwegian Nobel Committee may seem too narrow.” In his memory The table shows the recipients of the International Gandhi Peace Prize awarded by the Government of India.
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