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Amar Jawan Jyoti (lit. transl. Immortal Soldier Flame, or light [a]) is an Indian memorial conceptualised and constructed after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and inaugurated on 26 January 1972. It was the national war memorial in India until February 2019, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] when the new National War Memorial and its own flame was inaugurated and lit ...
Amar Jawan Jyoti, beneath the arch of the gate. Amar Jawan Jyoti, or the flame of the immortal soldier, is a structure consisting of black marble plinth, with reversed rifle, capped by war helmet, bound by four urns, each with the permanent light (jyoti) from compressed natural gas flames, [27] erected under the India gate to commemorate Indian ...
The university currently consists of 16 faculties and 86 departments distributed across its North and South campuses and an enrollment of over 162,000 regular students and 261,000 non-formal students. The Vice-President of India serves as the university's chancellor. The University of Delhi is composed of 77 affiliated colleges and 5 other ...
Dr. Arun Yogiraj (born 15 July 1983 [2]) is an Indian sculptor from Mysuru, Karnataka.He has carved the 30-feet statue of Subhash Chandra Bose, [3] which was installed in the canopy behind the Amar Jawan Jyoti at the India Gate [4] in New Delhi ahead of the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
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.
Amar Jawan Jyoti: New Delhi: Burning in a shrine under the arch of India Gate since 1971 is the Amar Jawan Jyoti (the flame of the immortal soldier) which marks the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The shrine itself is a black marble cenotaph with a rifle placed on its barrel, crested by a soldier's helmet.
The college is named after Pandit Motilal Nehru, a great leader, freedom fighter and progenitor of a line of illustrious Prime ministers.Established in 1964 in a government school building with an enrollment of 300 students, it now has over 140 faculty members and 3,000 students coming from all parts of India. [3]
Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College (ARSD College), formerly Sanatan Dharma College, is a co-educational constituent college of the University of Delhi. [2] The college was founded on 3 August 1959, by the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha, Delhi.