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The India Gate (formerly known as All India War Memorial) is a war memorial located near the Rajpath (officially called Kartavya path) on the eastern edge of the "ceremonial axis" of New Delhi.
The India Gate, built in 1921–1931, is a war memorial located near the Rajpath, on the eastern edge of the "ceremonial axis" of New Delhi, India. The Gateway of India is an arch-monument built in 1913–1924 in Mumbai , India, to commemorate the landing of Emperor George V , the first British monarch to the country, in December 1911.
The form of the triumphal arch has also been put to other purposes, notably the construction of monumental memorial arches and city gates such as the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, the Washington Square Arch in New York City, or the India Gate in New Delhi, or simple welcoming arches such as Barcelona's Arc de Triomf, built as an entrance to the ...
The old Amar Jawan Jyoti, located at India Gate, previously served as the national war memorial. It was constructed in a short time frame following the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 as per Prime Minister Indira Gandhi 's wishes, so that it could be inaugurated on 26 January 1972 as a mark of respect to the martyrs of the war.
The Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate consisted of a base of 15 square feet with a height of 4 feet 3 inches on which there was a black marble pedestal, a cenotaph, 3 feet 2 inches in height. "Amar Jawan" was scripted in gold in Hindi on all four sides of the cenotaph and on top, a reversed rifle capped by a war helmet.
English: The India Gate (All India War Memorial) is a war memorial located on the eastern edge of the "ceremonial axis" of New Delhi, India. India Gate is a memorial to 70000+ soldiers of the British Indian Army who died in in the First World War.
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