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In 2017, the India Gate was twinned with the Arch of Remembrance in Leicester, England, another Lutyens war memorial, following a very similar design but on a smaller scale. In a ceremony, India's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom laid a wreath at the arch in Leicester and the British High Commissioner to India laid one at the India Gate ...
India Gate, Delhi. Gateway of India, Mumbai. Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri. Great gate (Darwaza-i Rauza), the main entrance to Taj Mahal, Agra. Red Fort Entry Gate ...
The Gateway of India was built to commemorate the arrival of George V, Emperor of India and Mary of Teck, Empress consort, in India at Apollo Bunder, Mumbai (Bombay) on 2 December 1911 prior to the Delhi Durbar of 1921 it was the first visit of a British monarch to India.
The complex also includes the main gate, a mosque, a guesthouse, and surrounding gardens. [12] Sun Temple, Konark Odisha: 1984 246; i, iii, vi (cultural) This Hindu temple was built in the 13th century and is one of the finest examples of Kalinga architecture.
One of the important landmarks built during this period was the India Gate. [5] Built in 1921, it is officially known as All India War Memorial (an arch) to the Indian soldiers killed in the World War I, the Northwest Frontier operations of the same time and the 1919 Afghan fiasco. The gate has an impressive stone arch of 42 m (138 ft) height ...
The Statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate Canopy. The statue is sited in the center of C-hexagon, and it is surrounded by India Gate, Param Vir Memorial, National War Memorial and Children's Park. The statue is in a canopy, and the canopy is situated in a water body. There are fountains in the water body.
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.
The Rumi Darwaza (Hindi: रूमी दरवाज़ा, Urdu: رومی دروازه, and sometimes known as the Turkish Gate), in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, is a gateway which was built by Nawab Asaf-Ud-Daula in 1784. [1] It is an example of Awadhi architecture. [1]