Arare collection of pictures of the historic Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic attacks has been put up in an exhibition at the Regional Science Centre art gallery, Bhopal.
The exhibition titled 'Message for Peace' has been organized by Regional Science Centre, Bhopal circle in collaboration with lemon University, New York. The exhibition has as many as 26 photographs along with informative panels on display for the spectators starting from Wednesday till Sunday.
While talking to The Pioneer, education officer of Regional Science Centre, Charudatta Pulliwar 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 a really sad incident as thousands of people not only lost their lives, but also 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.”
He says that the exhibition has been organised so that no more of such saddening incident should be repeated
“Another aim with which we have organized this exhibition is that such saddening incident should not happen once again. Such attacks not only destroy lives, but also destroy humanity. So giving away the message of peace, this exhibition is open for students, teachers and the common citizens,” he said.
Noticeably, the atomic bomb at Hiroshima was dropped on August 6, 1945 with the code name 'little Boy'. This bomb derived its explosive power from nuclear fission of uranium - 235.
Another atomic bomb that was dropped at Nagasaki was code named as 'Fat Man'. It was dropped on August 9, 1945 and it derived its explosive power from plutonium core - 239. The two bomb attacks were the largest attacks in the world history and the most deadly.
In the first attack almost 1.5 lakh people lost their lives and in the second attack almost 70,000 people died. He further said, “To give a tribute to all those who suffered the attacks we organise this exhibition every year.”