The Nobel Foundation's website suggests that it would have been awarded to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, however, due to his assassination earlier that year, it was left unassigned in his honor.
Situs web Yayasan Nobel berkata bahwa penghargaan tersebut akan diberikan kepada Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, namun, karena pembunuhannya pada tahun sebelumnya, yayasan tersebut memutuskan untuk tidak memberikan penghargaan tersebut.