Indira Gandhi Receives First Medal for Conservation

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Summary

The Smithsonian Institution's first Medal for Conservation is awarded posthumously to former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at a New Delhi ceremony. Secretary Emeritus Ripley presented the award to her son, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The medal is presented in recognition of outstanding service to zoological science and conservation.

Subject

  • Gandhi, Indira 1917-1984
  • Gandhi, Rajiv
  • Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001
  • Medal for Conservation

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 5, "The Torch," April 1986, p. 2.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

January, 1986

Topic

  • Honor
  • Awards
  • Firsts
  • Zoology
  • Nature conservation

Place

India

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