there was no suitable living candidate

didn't know this history story - now into my notebook:

The Nobel Prize‏Verified account @NobelPrize 15h15 hours ago

  

Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for the #NobelPeacePrize a few days before he was murdered 70 years ago #OnThisDay in 1948. That year, the Nobel Committee decided to make no award on the grounds that "there was no suitable living candidate". Learn more: http://goo.gl/TbFfrH pic.twitter.com/GbeGXRyqDB

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