ABSTRACT
According to many scientific and intellectual circles, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ought to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work for unity and peace. Gandhi was nominated by Ole Colbjronsen, a Norwegian journalist, economist and politician. The nominators argued that Gandhi's absolute peace ideal, non-violence, has permeated India's poor and tortured masses. Jacob S. Worm-Muller also wrote about Gandhi's sojourn in Natal, South Africa, where he stood loyal to the British and personally led an ambulance corps. In the expert's opinion, Gandhi's intervention in local battle to help the workers and peasants by nonviolent means became the driving force of India's independence struggle. Gandhi's nationalist thoughts and support for war were underlined by statements in the expert's report from Gandhi stating that there was a stark difference between those who fought wars in Europe and wars in India.
