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India Gate, New Delhi

Like many inspirational national monuments India Gate is no exception. This iconic building pays homage to the (82,000+) soldiers who laid down their lives for the British Raj in the World War and also in the 3rd Anglo-Afghan War of 1919.Standing 42 meters and made of red sandstone and granite is without doubt a must see monument in Delhi.

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INDIA GATE

The India Gate stands as a powerful symbol of remembrance and national pride in the heart of New Delhi. Completed in 1931, the monument honours the more than 70,000 Indian soldiers of the British Indian Army who lost their lives fighting in World War I and the Third Anglo-Afghan War. Inscribed with thousands of names, India Gate serves as a solemn reminder of sacrifice, duty, and service, while the eternal flame beneath – the Amar Jawan Jyoti – commemorates fallen soldiers of independent India. Today, the monument is both a place of reflection and a gathering space, where history, patriotism, and everyday life quietly coexist.

In 1971, the Indian Army addionally placed a marble cenotaph with a rifle placed on its barrel and crested by a soldier’s helmet – known as Amar Jawan Jyoti and bound by four eternal flames.

The monument is located in central Delhi and can be seen, in a direct path, to the Parliament Buildings. The War Memorial was designed by Edwin Lutyens, who was not only the main architect of New Delhi, but a leading designer of war memorials.

The top of the monument following the large word of INDIA reads;

TO THE DEAD OF THE INDIAN ARMIES WHO FELL HONOURED IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS MESOPOTAMIA AND PERSIA EAST AFRICA GALLIPOLI AND ELSEWHERE IN THE NEAR AND THE FAR-EAST AND IN SACRED MEMORY ALSO OF THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED AND WHO FELL IN INDIA OR THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER AND DURING THE THIRD AFGHAN WAR

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