<p>British broadcaster David Attenborough was on Monday conferred with the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>The Congress President described Attenborough as “one of Nature’s “most staunch conscience keepers” for over half a century.</p>.<p>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.</p>
<p>British broadcaster David Attenborough was on Monday conferred with the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>The Congress President described Attenborough as “one of Nature’s “most staunch conscience keepers” for over half a century.</p>.<p>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.</p>
