A posthumous Nobel Prize was considered for Mahatma Gandhi in 1948.
It is widely held – in retrospect – that the Indian national leader should have been selected for the Nobel Peace Prize. Gandhi was nominated for the Nobel Prize a few days before he was assassinated #OnThisDay in 1948 - putting him on the Nobel Committee's shortlist for the third time.
Nobody had ever been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously. But according to the statutes of the Nobel Foundation in force at that time, the Nobel Prizes could, under certain circumstances, be awarded posthumously. Thus it was possible to give Gandhi the prize. However, Gandhi did not belong to an organisation, he left no property behind and no will; who should receive the prize money?
The Nobel Committee adviser concluded: "… Gandhi can only be compared to the founders of religions." That year they decided to make no award on the grounds that "there was no suitable living candidate".
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