> The reason this is being done is exactly the same reason why he was not given the Nobel Peace Prize and not acknowledged outside India for a very long time.

> The reason this is being done is exactly the same reason why he was not given the Nobel Peace Prize and not acknowledged outside India for a very long time. While I think it's farcial to place him on British currency, largely for the reasons you've outlined, this part of your claim has no basis in fact. Gandhi did not receive the 1948 Nobel Peace Prize because he was dead and the prize is not awarded posthumously. The diary of a prize committee chair recorded that one member was in favor of awarding the prize posthumously. Instead the 1948 Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded because “there was no suitable living candidate”.