LS remembers Quit India movement, Hiroshima, Nagasaki holocaust

New Delhi, Aug 10 (UNI) The Lok Sabha today remembered the Quit India movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi 64 years ago and paid homage to the martyrs of the freedom struggle.

The House also paid homage to the victims of the atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively.

Before the start of Question Hour, Speaker Somnath Chatterjee recalled the 1942 movement and said the clarion call of ''do or die'' given by Mahatma Gandhi inspired the country to renew its struggle for freedom from colonial subjugation.

The Quit India movement galvanised the masses to defy the colonial power and made it realise the futility of its continued occupation of the country.

''On this occasion, we pay our respectful homage to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, and to all those who laid down their lives for the cause of freedom of our country.'' Recalling the loss of thousands of lives and millions who were injured, Mr Chatterjee said, ''Hiroshima and Nagasaki should remind us about the need for the world to bring about total nuclear disarmament''.

The House then stood in silence for a while in memory of the freedom fighters and the victims of the atomic holocaust.

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