Funny, I had edited it just before you said that. I know but it's muscle memory in typing Ghana.
Churchill ensured that Gandhi never received it while he was alive, and he couldn't get it posthumously. I appreciate the efforts of the two recepients, but I don't think it's as great of an achievement to win this prize as the science Nobels.
You can even see the political undertones with the statement about India and Pakistan in the official announcement.
Well, to quote Wikipedia he did unofficially get it:
"1948: Not awarded because "there was no suitable living candidate." (A tribute to the recently assassinated Gandhi, since the prize cannot be awarded posthumously.)"