Mahatma Gandhi, who was known as India's "Father of Nation" has played a prominent in India's Freedom Struggle, and has been a central figure who made India free clutches of the 200-year-old rule of the British.

Gandhi was believed in non-violence, and advocated the idea of non-violence, and said, "Non-violence is a weapon of the strong. Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another."

But do you know inspite of fighting for peace, he has never won a Nobel Prize for Peace, but he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times -- in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947, and just days before his assassination in 1948.

The reasons behind this omission are complex and multifaceted. One of the primary issues was that Mahatma Gandhi did not fit into the traditional categories identified by the Nobel Committee for potential recipients of the Prize. According to the committee, he was not a politician or proponent of international law, nor was he primarily a humanitarian relief worker or an organiser of international peace congresses.

Mahatma Gandhi's approach to peace and non-violence was unique and groundbreaking, which may have made it difficult for the committee to evaluate his contributions within their established framework.

Furthermore, the Nobel Committee had concerns about Mahatma Gandhi's pacifism and his involvement in the conflict between India and Pakistan in 1947. Some members of the committee believed that Gandhi was too strongly committed to one side of the conflict, and there were doubts about his consistent rejection of war. These factors likely influenced the committee's decision not to award him the prize, as reported by IndiaToday.

Unlike the situation today, there was no tradition for the Nobel Committee to try to use the Peace Prize as a stimulus for peaceful settlement of regional conflicts.

Another significant issue was the lack of precedent for posthumous awards. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated two days (on January 30, 1948) before the closing date for the 1948 Nobel Peace Prize nominations.