Why did Gandhi not get the Nobel Prize?

On November 18, 1948, the Norwegian Nobel Committee decided to make no award that year on the grounds that “there was no suitable living candidate”.
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Did Gandhi receive a Nobel Peace Prize?

Mohandas Gandhi, the Mahatma, “the Great Soul”, was never awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Who has refused the Nobel Prize?

The 59-year-old author Jean-Paul Sartre declined the Nobel Prize in Literature, which he was awarded in October 1964.
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Why Gandhi did not get Bharat Ratna?

And when Bharat Ratna was constituted in 1954 it was awarded to the people alive. But later when the rule changed, it was decided that it would undermine Gandhiji's importance by giving the award now. Nobel Prize. Mahatmaji was actually nominated for Nobel peace prize a number of times even before our independence.
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How many times did Gandhi win the Nobel Prize?

Mahatma Gandhi never won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Beginning in 1937, Indian leader Mohandas Gandhi was nominated for the award five times.
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Who got 2 Nobel Prizes?

Only one woman, Marie Curie, has been honoured twice, with the Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911.
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What are the 6 Nobel Prizes?

Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been awarded in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace, while a memorial prize in economic sciences was added in 1968.
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Who gave Bharat Ratna to himself?

Jawaharlal Nehru has been criticised for awarding Bharat Ratna to himself while serving as Prime Minister of India in 1955.
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Why Sachin Tendulkar got Bharat Ratna?

On this day in 2014, Sachin Tendulkar was conferred 'Bharat Ratna' A gentleman on and off the field, Sachin Tendulkar rescued the Indian team from inevitable defeats on numerous occasions and collected a multitude of awards for his contributions towards Indian cricket.
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Who won both Nobel Prize and Bharat Ratna?

Mother Teresa was a nun and a missionary who devoted her life caring for the poor and sick and for her work she has received many honors including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and Bharat Ratna in 1980.
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Did Albert Einstein win a Nobel prize?

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 was awarded to Albert Einstein "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect." Albert Einstein received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1922.
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Who is the youngest Nobel Prize winner?

In October 2014, Malala, along with Indian children's rights activist Kailash Satyarthi, was named a Nobel Peace Prize winner. At age 17, she became the youngest person to receive this prize.
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Why did Obama get the Nobel Prize?

The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to United States President Barack Obama for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples".
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What awards has Gandhi won?

Gandhi, British-Indian historical film, released in 1982, that tells the story of Mahatma Gandhi and his struggle to win independence for India through nonviolent civil disobedience. The movie won eight Academy Awards, including that for best picture, and five Golden Globe Awards, including that for best foreign film.
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How many Nobel Prizes did India win?

The remaining 4 people are decided by the trustees of the Prize Distributing Institute, which are given to the winners by the hands of the King of Sweden. Here are the 10 Nobel prize winners of India: Rabindranath Tagore – The Nobel Prize in Literature 1913 (Indian Citizen)
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Is Amitabh Bachchan got Bharat Ratna?

The Padma Vibhushan

Amitabh won this award recently in 2015. The only major civilian honour that he is yet to win is the Bharat Ratna.
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Is Kapil Dev a Bharat Ratna?

Kapil Dev Nikhanj be awarded with Bharat Ratna.
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Did Virat Kohli get Bharat Ratna award?

Virat Kohli was awarded the prestigious Khel Ratna by President Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Tuesday. India cricket captain Virat Kohli on Tuesday received the prestigious Khel Ratna award from President Ram Nath Kovind.
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Who refused Bharat Ratna?

Prominent independence movement leader and India's first Minister of Education Maulana Abul Kalam Azad declined the honour, arguing that those who were on selection committees for national honours should not themselves receive them. He received a posthumous Bharat Ratna in 1992.
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Is Jawaharlal Nehru got Nobel Prize?

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. Profession: Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1946.
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Who got 3 Padma awards and Bharat Ratna?

It's a known fact that Sachin Tendulkar is the only sportsperson who was conferred with the Bharat Ratna in 2014. Earlier he was also awarded Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma Vibhushan in 2008. Along with Sachin, Viswanathan Anand and Mary Kom are the only two other sportspersons who were conferred with three awards.
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Did Einstein win 2 Nobel Prizes?

Transcript. In the 120 year history of the Nobel Prize, there have been four people who have been given an award twice. One of them is not Albert Einstein.
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Can a dead person receive a Nobel prize?

The only posthumous Nobel Peace Prize was given in 1961 to the youngest United Nations Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjöld. In 1996, economist William Vickrey died before the presentation ceremony while Ralph Steinman was given 2011 Medicine Nobel posthumously as the Committee wasn't aware of his death.
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Who was the 1st Nobel Prize winner?

The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901. The Peace Prize for that year was shared between the Frenchman Frédéric Passy and the Swiss Jean Henry Dunant.
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