Parliament pays homage to martyrs

NEW DELHI, AUG. 9. Parliament today paid homage to those who laid down their lives during the freedom struggle on the occasion of 59th anniversary of the Quit India movement.

Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha remembered those who died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki following dropping of atomic bombs on August 6 and 9, 1945.

The Lok Sabha Speaker, Mr. G.M.C. Balayogi, said the determination with which the nation stood behind Mahatma Gandhi, resisting the might of imperialistic forces with the tools of `Ahimsa' and `Satyagraha', ultimately compelled them to leave the country.

On Hiroshima and Nagasaki, he said they remind people of the importance of elimination of nuclear weapons to ensure perpetual peace and harmony among nations. Both the Houses observed a minute's silence in memory of the freedom fighters and the victims of atomic holocaust.

In the Rajya Sabha, the Chairman, Mr. Krishan Kant, said the whole nation had responded to the Quit India movement which led to India gaining Independence five years later.

- PTI

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