Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
Year: | 1947 |
Number: | 4 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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Name: | Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1869 |
Year, Death: | 1948 |
Profession: | Jurist. Leader of Indian nationalist, independence and social justice movements |
City: | Delhi |
Country: | INDIA (IN) |
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Motivation: | Gandhi advocated racial, social and political peace, and he was "a living incarnation of the ideal of peace itself" while leading the Indian nationalist movement in a non-violent struggle against British rule. |
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Nominator:
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Name: | B G Kher |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Prime Minister of Bombay province |
City: | Bombay (Mumbai) |
Country: | INDIA (IN) |
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