The Nomination Database for the
Nobel Peace Prize, 1901-1956

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Year Nominator Nominee(s) Motivation  
1937 Colbjørnsen Gandhi 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. Gandhi managed to unite conflicting religious groups in peaceful cooperation guided by the ideals of Ahimsa ("noninjury") and Satyagraha ("truth force"). In 1915 he was given the popular title Mahatma (Great Soul) by Rabindranath Tagore. Show »
1938 Colbjørnsen Gandhi Gandhi was nominated as an advocate of racial, social and political peace, and for being "a living incarnation of the ideal of peace itself" while leading the Indian nationalist movement in a non-violent struggle against British rule. Gandhi managed to unite conflicting religious groups in a peaceful cooperation guided by the ideals of Ahimsa ("noninjury") and Satyagraha ("truth force"). Show »
1939 Colbjørnsen Gandhi 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. Gandhi managed to unite conflicting religious groups in peaceful cooperation guided by the ideals of Ahimsa ("noninjury") and Satyagraha ("truth force"). In 1915 he was given the popular title Mahatma (Great Soul) by Rabindranath Tagore. Show »
1947 Kher Gandhi 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. Show »
1947 Mavalankar Gandhi 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. Show »
1947 Panth Gandhi 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. Show »
1948 5 professors of Philosophy at Columbia University (Herbert Schneider) Gandhi 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. The nominators emphasized Gandhi's work for peaceful conflict settlement. Show »
1948 6 Professors of Law at the University of Bordeaux (Maurice Duverger) Gandhi 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. Show »
1948 American Friends Service Committee Gandhi 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. Show »
1948 Balch Gandhi 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. Show »
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