At the centre of New Delhi stands the 42 m high India Gate, an - TopicsExpress



          

At the centre of New Delhi stands the 42 m high India Gate, an arch of victory , in the middle of a crossroad. it commemorates the 70,000 Indian soldiers who lost their lives fighting for the British Army during the World War I. The memorial bears the names of more than 13,516 British and Indian soldiers killed in the Northwestern Frontier in the Afghan war of 1919. he foundation stone of India Gate was laid by His Royal Highness, the Duke of Connaught in 1921 and it was designed by Edwin Lutyens. The monument was dedicated to the nation 10 years later by the then Viceroy, Lord Irwin. Amar Jawan Jyoti was added much later, after India got its independence. The eternal flame burns day and night under the arch to remind the nation of soldiers who laid down their lives in the Indo-Pakistan War of December 1971 to liberate Bangla daesh. directions are subjective and relative an early morning in april 2013. new delhi.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 04:42:19 +0000

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