Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet was on Wednesday presented with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.

The award was presented to her by the Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson, Sonia Gandhi, who is also the chairperson of the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust, which confers the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize.

Those present included Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and jury Chairman Shiv Shankar Menon.

Presenting the award, Sonia Gandhi recalled her contribution not only to her country, but towards global peace.

She said Michelle Bachelet has seen loss, oppression, torture and exile in her early years and recalled her journey of breaking barriers and becoming Chile and Latin America’s first woman Defence Minister.

Bachelet made history when she was

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