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In 2016, the Nobel Prize for Literature was given to a singer Bob Dylan.

The announcement of Nobel Prizes has started. US President Donald Trump is trying to get the Nobel Peace Prize. They are also making pressure. Various reactions are coming out all over the world. If Trump gets Nobel, then once again its reputation will be questioned. By the way, this will not happen for the first time. There have been disputes about this most prestigious award in the world.

Even three eccentric dictators Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, which led to the controversy. Due to these three, millions of people were killed all over the world. All three were part of the Second World War. Still, the whole world was shocked when Nobel was nominated for the peace prize. Let's know 10 such controversies related to the Nobel Prize and their stories.

The Nobel Prize started in the year 1901. Initially these awards were given in five areas, but from the year 1968, Nobel Prizes were also given for economics. The Nobel Prize for peace in these awards was the most important for Alfred Nobel, which started it. It was in his will that the winner of Shanti Award should be selected by a committee of five people and the Parliament of Norway should choose that committee. That is why Nobel of peace is given in Norway. While all other awards are given in Sweden.

Fritz Haber.

Award to scientist causing death of millions

The German chemist Fritz Haber discovered ammonia synthesis, causing a new revolution in the field of farming and fertilizer. It is known as Haber Process. For this, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in the year 1918.

However, he also made poisonous gases during the First World War. Therefore, when Haber was given the Nobel Prize in the field of chemistry, many scientists protested. Scientists said that how can a Nobel Prize be given to such a person, due to which millions of people have lost their lives.

Singer Bob.

Honored literature to singer

In 2016, the Nobel Prize of Literature was given to a singer Bob Dylan, while it is usually given to poetry or authors. Then people raised the question that the song is literature, but is the singer litterateur? Then the BOB did not even go to the award to receive the award. After months, he sent his speech. There was a lot of discussion on this.

Bomb rains were awarded amid ceasefire

After the Second World War, the Cold War started and the US and the Soviet Union were looking for new allies and grounds for the fight. Then the Vietnam war started which lasted 20 years. Millions of people died in this. Finally there was a ceasefire in January 1973. At that time, the US Foreign Minister was Henry Kisinjar, on whose orders the US Army bombed Hanoi amid the ceasefire. Kissinger is also notorious for toppling the government of many countries. Despite these, in the year 1973, Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.

Henry Kisinjar.

Along with him, North Vietnam leader Lee Duck Thor also received this award but he refused to take it. Not only this, two members of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee also opposed the Kisser and even resigned.

Obama gets peace award as soon as he became President

Former US President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2009. It was only nine months till Obama became President. In such a situation, people raised the question that they have not done much till now. Therefore, why are they being given the Nobel Prize for Peace. In response, the people of the Nobel Committee had said that Obama has raised hope. Nevertheless, critics called it a premature prize.

Former US President Barack Obama.

Nobel Prize for peace was not given to Mahatma Gandhi

Shanti's Nobel Prize has also been deeply related to controversies. The biggest and popular controversy in this has been the Nobel Prize for Mahatma Gandhi for peace. Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, who taught the whole world the lesson of peace and non -violence, gave India freedom from the British on the strength of non -violence. South Africa also became independent by following his path. Despite this, even after being nominated five times from 1937 to 1948, he was not given this award.

In 1948, for the Nobel Prize for Shanti, the committee thought of choosing Mahatma Gandhi's name but was murdered in the same year. Then the committee had said that we do not have any living person who can be given this award. Actually, till then the Nobel Prize was not given posthumously. In such a situation, Mahatma Gandhi did not get the Nobel of peace. However, those who later awarded the Nobel Prize themselves admitted that the biggest mistake was to not be given to Mahatma Gandhi.

Journalist Carl Won Osiazki.

Hitler had to deny German scientists

This is the year 1935. German journalist Carl Won Osiazki received the Nobel Prize for Peace. This angered Adolf Hitler, as Carl had exposed Hitler's war -related preparations and he was also an opponent of Hitler. In such a situation, Hitler banned the people of Germany from taking the Nobel Prize. Not only this, he started giving National Awards to compete with the Nobel Prize.

In 1938 and 1939, three German scientists were announced to give the Nobel Prize, but under the pressure of Hitler, they had to refuse to take it. Not only this, in the year 1939, a Swedish MP jokingly sent Hitler's name for the Nobel Peace Prize. There was a lot of ruckus about this. After this the nomination was withdrawn. After Hitler's death in 1945, the scientists of Germany received the award.

United Nations was established but Jews did not give refuge

After the end of the Second World War in 1945, the United Nations was established in October, in which an American politician named Cordel Hull also had a big hand. From 1933 to 1944, he was also the Foreign Minister of America. When he was given the Nobel Prize for Peace in the year 1945, he was engulfed in controversies. Because earlier in May 1939, one of his decisions had become the cause of the death of hundreds of Jews.

Actually, that year a ship named SS St. Lewis somehow reached Havana, which had more than nine hundred Jews. He came to Europe to escape from Hitler's havoc to take shelter in America. The then US President Franklin Roosevelt was also ready to give him shelter, but then the plow opposed it and some MPs also joined them and threatened to support Roosevelt in the next election. With this, Roosevelt refused to give the ship entry into the US and was sent back to St. Lewis to Europe. More than 250 of the Jews riding on that ship were killed in Hitler's Holocaust.

Stolen science credit

In 1962, Watson, Crick and Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize for the double helix structure of DNA, while Roslind Franklin actually took pictures of it. Despite this, his name was not in the list of Nobel Prize. The important reason for this was that the Rosalind data for the helix structure was used without their permission. Then the Nobel Prize was announced, by then he had died. In such a situation, there was a lot of controversy over not being in the award list and it was given the title of Stolen Science Credit which is known till date.

Physicist Subrahmanyam Chandrashekhar.

53 years in honor of Indian scientist

Well-known Indian physicist Subrahmanyam Chandrashekhar was given the Nobel Prize for Physics 53 years after his discovery in 1983. Subrahmanyam Chandrashekhar discovered the Chandrashekhar limit in the year 1930, but his teacher Edgington called it publicly wrong. Due to this, his discovery did not get recognition for years. When he was given the Nobel Prize in the year 1983, people called it a very late honor.

Controversy over Yasir Arafat's award

In 1994, Yasir Arafat, head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. He, along with two Israeli veteran leaders Yithaq Rabin and Simone Perez, took the initiative of the Oslo Peace Accords and was promised peace between Israel-Felistine. Actually this agreement was not successful. Not only this, Yasir Arafat was also accused of terrorist attacks and hijacking. Despite this, there was a lot of controversy over the nobel of peace.