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Considering that his life's work was to ensure that his country wasn't British, Gandhi feels like a strange choice, much as he's an obvious choice of face for t
by notahacker 6y ago
Considering that his life's work was to ensure that his country wasn't British, Gandhi feels like a strange choice, much as he's an obvious choice of face for the rupee and international accolades and someone that obviously did significantly influence the course of British history. I'm not even sure Gandhi would have wanted to appear on British currency, at least not after the early period in his life when he unsuccessfully tried to earn the respect of the British by encouraging Indian Hindus to volunteer for British war efforts.
- pjc50 6y agoYes, it's a very odd choice. The criterion that the person not be alive makes it a little tricky, but previous research has some good candidates: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53547483 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53547483 Noor Inayat Khan already has a George Cross for war heroism, making her a nice conservative-friendly choice.
- notahacker 6y agoOlaudah Equiano and Mary Seacole would be the classic nonwhite choices, especially considering we've had William Wilberforce and Florence Nightingale on banknotes for related achievements. I guess having Gandhi cancels out his longstanding critic Churchill...