Thousands Of Indian Students Hold Peace Rally On “Hiroshima Day”

New Delhi, Aug 7, IRNA -- Over 3,000 Indian students from 78 colleges, social activists and citizens marched for peace and a nuclear-free world on the occasion of Hiroshima Day in Mumbai capital city of Maharashtra state today. The students carried banners, graphically depicting the horror of the atom bomb. The peace march was jointly organized by Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal and NSS units of SNDT and Mumbai University to mark the 67th anniversary of the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The students carried a huge banner depicting the devastating effects of nuclear attack and warning about future nuclear threat, pti reported. They were wearing aprons and Gandhi-caps with slogans like 'No More Hiroshima' and 'Save Mother-Earth'. NSS volunteers from various colleges were also carrying placards and banners depicting slogans like 'NO-BOMB, YES-PEACE', and 'We want to grow up, not to blow up'. The rally started from Azad Maidan and concluded at Hutatma Chowk, where a pledge was taken by students to work for peace and a nuclear-free world./end