Having as many as 3,000 visitors, the exhibition ‘Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day’ concluded on Sunday. The exhibition was put up at Regional Science Centre’s gallery displaying the rarest collection of photographs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks.
The exhibition was put up on August 8 and concluded on Sunday. On the concluding day, as many as 1000 spectators visited the centre to watch the rare collection of the photographs. The exhibition shared information about one of the most deadly incidents that happened during World War II. Two nuclear bombs were dropped at Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the armed forces of USA that destroyed the human life at a greater scale.
Notably, in the first attack almost 1.5 lakh people lost their lives and in the second attack almost 70,000 people died. While talking to The Pioneer, education officer of Regional Science Centre, MM Rout said, “We have displayed some of the rarest pictures of the nuclear attacks at the Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 during the World War II.”
Elaborating further about the exhibition, he said, “It was really a sad incident as thousands of people not only lost their lives, but also some people lost their families, home and a lot more than that. So this exhibition is a tribute to those who have lost their lives during the attacks.”
Rout further said, “To give a tribute to all those who suffered the attacks we organize this exhibition every year. Further to give a peace message to the people, this exhibition was displayed.” The pictures were collected from different places and were put up together at the gallery, Rout further informed. As many as 25 photographs along with the informative panels were on display for the spectators.
The Bhopalites received huge information on one of the most deadly attacks during the World War II as they walked through the gallery. Many school students and educationists visited for the exhibition. The students received a lot of information through interactive panels and were mesmerized to watch the presentations. The spectators were surrounded with an interesting world as they entered the gallery at regional science centre and watched the rarest pictures of the attacks.