Tuesday, August 9, 2016
inspirational and lesser-known quotes
10 inspirational and lesser-known quotes of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
Look at 10 of Netaji's quotes that would move your soul.
"Delhi Chalo!"
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January
23 is remembered as the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra
Bose. The great freedom fighter served India as a valiant warrior who
raised the first Indian National Army (INA) and started an armed coup
against the British Empire.
On his 119th birth anniversary, we bring to you 10 of Netaji's quotes that will inspire you:
On his 119th birth anniversary, we bring to you 10 of Netaji's quotes that will inspire you:
inspirational quotes.
Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948), political and spiritual leader of India. Location unknown.
October 2 saw the birthday of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, better known as Mahatma Gandhi.
READ THIS: Gandhi’s Vision Put into Practice
The Indian luminary, famous for leading the Indian nation to independence in peaceful means, is deemed an inspirational figure to this day, over 60 years after his death in 1948. As a tribute to Gandhi, here’s a collection of some of his most thought-provoking, inspirational quotes.
1. ON LIFE
"My life is my message."
2. ON BEING A SOLDIER
“I regard myself as a soldier, though a soldier of peace.“
3. ON FAITH IN HUMANITY
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."
4. ON NONVIOLENCE
“Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.”
5. ON THE SEVEN SINS
“Seven social sins: politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice."
6. ON TRUTH
“An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self sustained.”
7. ON THE "STILL SMALL VOICE"
“The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me. And even though I have to face the prospect of being a minority of one, I humbly believe I have the courage to be in such a hopeless minority.”
8. ON LIBERTY
“I’m a lover of my own liberty, and so I would do nothing to restrict yours.”
9. ON FORGIVENESS
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
10. ON THE NATURE OF MAN
“A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes."
Monday, August 8, 2016
August 9 - Atomic bombings of Nagasaki
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Left picture : At
the time this photo was made, smoke billowed 20,000 feet above Hiroshima
while smoke from the burst of the first atomic bomb had spread over
10,000 feet on the target at the base of the rising column. Six planes
of the 509th Composite Group participated in this mission: one to carry
the bomb (Enola Gay), one to take scientific measurements of the blast (The Great Artiste), the third to take photographs (Necessary Evil),
while the others flew approximately an hour ahead to act as weather
scouts (08/06/1945). Bad weather would disqualify a target as the
scientists insisted on a visual delivery. The primary target was Hiroshima, the secondary was Kokura, and the tertiary was Nagasaki.
Right picture : Atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, taken by Charles Levy.
The United States, with the consent of the United Kingdom as laid down in the Quebec Agreement, dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, during the final stage of World War II. The two bombings, which killed at least 129,000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history.
In the final year of the war, the Allies prepared for what was anticipated to be a very costly invasion of the Japanese mainland. This was preceded by a U.S. firebombing campaign that obliterated many Japanese cities. The war in Europe had concluded when Nazi Germany signed its instrument of surrender on May 8, 1945. The Japanese, facing the same fate, refused to accept the Allies' demands for unconditional surrender and the Pacific War continued. Together with the United Kingdom and China, the United States called for the unconditional surrender of the Japanese armed forces in the Potsdam Declaration on July 26, 1945—the alternative being "prompt and utter destruction". The Japanese response to this ultimatum was to ignore it.
In July 1945, the Allied Manhattan Project successfully detonated an atomic bomb in the New Mexico desert and by August had produced atomic weapons based on two alternate designs. The 509th Composite Group of the United States Army Air Forces was equipped with the specialized Silverplate version of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, that could deliver them from Tinian in the Mariana Islands.
On August 6, the U.S. dropped a uranium gun-type atomic bomb (Little Boy) on the city of Hiroshima. American President Harry S. Truman
called for Japan's surrender 16 hours later, warning them to "expect a
rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this
earth". Three days later, on August 9, the U.S. dropped a plutonium implosion-type bomb (Fat Man)
on the city of Nagasaki. Within the first two to four months of the
bombings, the acute effects of the atomic bombings killed 90,000–146,000
people in Hiroshima and 39,000–80,000 in Nagasaki; roughly half of the
deaths in each city occurred on the first day. During the following
months, large numbers died from the effect of burns, radiation sickness,
and other injuries, compounded by illness and malnutrition. In both
cities, most of the dead were civilians, although Hiroshima had a
sizable military garrison.
On August 15, six days after the bombing of Nagasaki and the Soviet Union's declaration of war, Japan announced its surrender to the Allies. On September 2, it signed the instrument of surrender, effectively ending World War II. The bombings' role in Japan's surrender and their ethical justification are still debated.
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