raghu@rlgvax.UUCP (Raghu Raghunathan) (06/29/85)
> > Was he <Mahatma Gandhi> ever considered by the nobel prize > selection committee ? Was he a victim of > negligence by western media and/or political interest ? > > -> Zhir S. Mandviwala, GenRad Inc, Production Test Division <- I have heard that he was considered by the nobel prize selection committee for a nobel prize in peace a few years before India attained independence; but the committee felt it prudent not to award him one since that might make Britain look bad. Some apparantly even felt that it would be an insult to Britain if Gandhi was awarded a prize and might slow down or hamper India's fight for independence by inducing Britain to take a tougher stand against India. - Raghu