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The India Gate, which has been called a "creative reworking of the Arc de Triomphe" has a span of 30 feet (9.1 m) across the larger opening and lies on the eastern axial end of Kingsway, present-day Kartavya Path, the central vista and main ceremonial procession route in New Delhi. [13]
The Gateway of India is an arch-monument completed in 1924 on the waterfront of Mumbai (Bombay), India. It was erected to commemorate the landing of George V for his coronation as the Emperor of India in December 1911 at Strand Road near Wellington Fountain. He was the first British monarch to visit India.
Chandpole, Chanpori Gate, Surajpole, Ajmeri gate, New gate, Sanganeri gate, Ghat gate, Samrat gate, Zorawar Singh Gate at Jaipur; Ganesh Pol, Suraj Pol, Tripolia gate, Lion gate at Amer Fort, Jaipur; Hanuman Pol at Kumbhalgarh, Rajsamand District; Jayapol, Fattehpol, Dedh Kamgra Pol and Loha Pol at Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur
As India celebrates another year of freedom and Independence, we go back in time to talk about some interesting events that occurred during the Independence of India and Pakistan, in 1947 ...
Scheduled between 2020 and 2026, the project as of 2020 aims to revamp a 3 km (1.9 mi) long Kartvyapath between Rashtrapati Bhavan and India Gate, convert North and South Blocks to publicly accessible museums by creating a new common Central Secretariat to house all ministries, a new Parliament building near the present one with increased ...
The Princess Park is a 14-acres large area north of India Gate, with barrack-like accommodations built during World War II. Since 1947, ...
Seen behind the India Gate is an impressive Chhatri, which displayed the statue of King George V, designed by British sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger till 1968. This statue has been shifted to the Coronation Park, Delhi , which was the site of the declaration of the new capital of Delhi .
On August 8, the Lion's Gate Portal peaks. Learn more about this potent cosmic event.