He was chosen for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948, but because of his unfortunate assassination, the Peace Prize was not awarded that year.

Time magazine named him the “Man of the Year” in 1930.

In 1999, he was declared the “Person of the Century” by the Time magazine, and the runner-up was Albert Einstein.

He was shoved out a train in 1893 in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu Natal province of South Africa, because he refused to move to a third class coach while holding a first class ticket.