Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1953
Number:18 - 3
 
Nominee:
Name:Jawaharlal (Pandit) Nehru
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1889
Year, Death:1964
Profession:First prime minister of independent India (1947-1964)
City:Delhi
Country:INDIA (IN)
 
Motivation:Nehru established parliamentary government in India, and he had been one of the principal leaders of the independence movement. He was nominated for his neutralist foreign policy and for upholding the same principles as Gandhi.
 
Nominator:
Name: Several professors
University:Brussels
City:Brussels
Country:BELGIUM (BE)
 
Comments: Was also evaluated in 1950 and 1951. August Schou also wrote an additonal evaluation