06th
Aug
2023

Hiroshima Day 2023

Hiroshima Day is observed on August 6 to commemorate the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945, at the end of World War II. The bombings killed over 200,000 people in just seconds and injured thousands more.It was 70 years ago this week that the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan, killing more than 140,000 people—more than anyone else during World War II. The bombing annihilated a large swath of the city, including a school where more than 80% of the children who died were between 6 and 11 years old.One year after the bombing, on Aug. 6, 1945, Japanese executive Nagasaki was also hit with an atomic bomb. That day killed about 35,000 people, making it the second deadliest attack in history after Hiroshima.

HIROSHIMA DAY OBSERVATION:

            'Say no to war, give peace a chance’.

With this thought, the grade VIII students of Krishnagar Public School  did various activities.

• Students  wrote peace messages and created a peace tree on display board.
• Pigeons are the symbol of peace. Students were prepared the pigeons by the chart papper and decorat the display board .

Significance of Hiroshima Day-

This day reminds us the devastating consequences of war and the need of peace and the nuclear disarmament.These activities helped the students to gain an insight into the importance of anti-war and anti-nuclear demonstrations