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dated June 16, 1958: Peaceful role of science

Speaking in acknowledgement of the international Lenin Peace Prize for 1956 in Moscow, Dr. C.V. Raman, President of the Indian Academy of Sciences, said that he regarded the award primarily as recognition of India’s role as a sincere champion of peace. The Indian physicist expressed regret that the greatest discoveries in physics were sometimes being used for the manufacture of A weapons of tremendous destructive potential. Japan, he said, had experienced the power of this weapon. But those who created this weapon and used it against Japan failed to take into consideration the fact that other countries too could develop this weapon and that they themselves could in time fall victims to similar or even more terrible trials. Dr. Raman said that men of goodwill should unite and use all their influence to eliminate the international tension which threatened the world with a catastrophe.

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