| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1950 |
| Number: | 19 - 2 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Jawaharlal (Pandit) Nehru |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1889 |
| Year, Death: | 1964 |
| Profession: | First Prime Minister of independent India (1947-64) |
| City: | Delhi |
| Country: | INDIA (IN) |
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| 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. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | M Venkatarangaiya |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Professor of Political Science |
| University: | University of Bombay (now Mumbai) |
| City: | Bombay (Mumbai) |
| Country: | INDIA (IN) |
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| Comments: |
Venkatarangaiya also nominated Radhakrishnan. |
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