The location of the bust of Gandhi has been chosen as a mark of solidarity for peace and non-violence. The United States conducted the world s first atomic attack on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, destroying the city and killing some 140,000 people.
Hiroshima: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is currently on a three-nation visit, unveiled the bust of Mahatma Gandhi in the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Saturday.
PM Modi, who also paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi, said that even today the world gets frightened when they listen to the word Hiroshima . I got the opportunity to unveil a bust of Mahatma Gandhi during my visit to Japan for the G7 Summit.