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Indian Ambassador Pays Tribute to Nagasaki Bombing Victims

Indian Ambassador Pays Tribute to Nagasaki Bombing Victims
Indian Ambassador pays tribute to Nagasaki bombing victims · thehansindia.com

A long time ago, during a big war, two very powerful bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

They caused terrible damage and many people lost their lives.

Now, 81 years later, people still remember what happened.

An ambassador named Nagma Mallik from India went to Japan to honor the people who died.

She visited the exact place in Nagasaki where the bomb fell.

She also went to a museum that shows how the bombing hurt the city and its people.

She met the mayor and the governor of Nagasaki.

She also laid flowers at a memorial for Mahatma Gandhi, a famous Indian leader who taught peace.

She said peace is something we should practice every day, not just a goal.

The mayor of Hiroshima said wars still happen today, so everyone should keep working for peace.

Key facts

Ambassador
Nagma Mallik, India's Ambassador to Japan
Occasion
81st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki
Sites visited
Nagasaki bombing epicentre; Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum; Bapu (Mahatma Gandhi) memorial, Hiroshima
Officials met
Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki; Nagasaki Governor Ken Shirata
Other tribute
Flowers laid at Bapu (Mahatma Gandhi) memorial ahead of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony
Hiroshima ceremony attendees
Mayor Kazumi Matsui, Assembly Chairman Takashi Nakamoto, and Hiroshima Japan-India Association President Kazuhisa Matsumoto
Ambassador's message
"Peace is not a destination to be reached, but something to be practised in our daily lives"

Quotes

Nagma Mallik

Indian Ambassador to Japan

“Bapu is a symbol of peace, and we must embody in our way of life Mahatma Gandhi's teaching that peace is not a destination to be reached, but something to be practised in our daily lives.”
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