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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is 6 August. Hiroshima Day is observed on 6 August every year.

Detailed explanation-2: -In memory of the fateful day and of those who lost their lives, Hiroshima Day is observed yearly on August 6.

Detailed explanation-3: -On 6 August 1945, at 08:15, the first bomb was dropped on the centre of Hiroshima. ‘Little Boy’ was a gun-type fission bomb, using a conventional explosive charge to fire one sub-critical mass of uranium into another. This kind of device had never been tested before, but the scientists were confident it would work.

Detailed explanation-4: -By India Today Web Desk: Every year, August 9 is observed as the black day of Japan or Nagasaki Day. It marks the day when the US military dropped an atomic bomb named Fat Man on the city of Nagasaki. It was the second city that was bombed in Japan after Hiroshima.

Detailed explanation-5: -Every August 6, “A-Bomb Day", the city of Hiroshima holds the Peace Memorial Ceremony to console the victims of the atomic bombs and to pray for the realization of lasting world peace. The ceremony is held in front of the Memorial Cenotaph in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.