The Nobel Foundation has officially regretted not giving the Nobel Prize to Mahatma Gandhi, saying there was none more "stark omission than this."Gandhi was nominated 5 times for the prize - the last time was a few days before his assassination.
One of the reasons given is that the father of non-violence was neither a "real politician, nor a humanitarian relief worker" It is amazing that people who followed his non-violence teachings were awarded Nobel Prizes in later years, but the Mahatma himself did not get it.
I am sure Gandhi would have never regretted not getting the award - that is precisely why he's called the "mahatma" - he wasn't in it for the awards, the accolades and the applauses. like you and me. I am reasonably confident that he would have declined any award given to him for what he thought was his "duty" to his motherland.
What surprises me is that it took the Foundation 60 years (after the death of Gandhi) to realise the mistake.
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I think he would have accepted the prize because it would bring more attention and publicity to the cause.
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