| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1948 |
| Number: | 6 - 4 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1869 |
| Year, Death: | 1948 |
| Profession: | Jurist. Leader of Indian nationalist, independence and social justice movements |
| City: | Delhi |
| Country: | INDIA (IN) |
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| Motivation: | 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. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | 5 professors of Philosophy at Columbia University (Herbert Schneider) |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Professors of Philosophy |
| University: | Columbia University |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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