British broadcaster David Attenborough given Indira Gandhi Peace Prize

British broadcaster David Attenborough was on Monday conferred with the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Singh gave away the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development symbolically to Attenborough at a virtual event which was attended by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and other leaders.

Attenborough was selected for the Prize for a lifetime of doing more to reveal the wonders of the natural world than perhaps any other individual, for educating and entertaining generations of people through his films and books.

The Congress President described Attenborough as “one of Nature’s “most staunch conscience keepers” for over half a century.

The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development was instituted in the memory of the former prime minister by a trust in her name in 1986. It consists of a monetary award of Rs 25 lakh along with a citation.