Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1951
Number:22 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:Jawaharlal (Pandit) Nehru
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1889
Year, Death:1964
Profession:First prime minister of independent India (1947-1964)
City:Delhi
Country:INDIA (IN)
 
Motivation: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.
 
Nominator:
Name: Professors at the University of Madras (Shrinavala Sarma)
Profession:Professors
University:University of Madras
City:Madras (now Chennai)
Country:INDIA (IN)
 
Comments: Sarma made the nomination on behalf of the professors at the University of Madras.