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India Gate
The 42-metre arched war memorial on New Delhi's Rajpath (now Kartavya Path) ceremonial axis, designed by Edwin Lutyens in 1921 and completed 1931, commemorating the 84,000 Indian soldiers who died in World War I and the Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919). The names of 13,218 of the dead are inscribed on its surface. The Amar Jawan Jyoti eternal flame beneath the arch (added 1972 after the 1971 Bangladesh War) burned for 50 years until it was merged with the flame at the National War Memorial in January 2022. The India Gate is the ceremonial centre of Republic Day and the capital's postcolonial civic life — the annual 26 January parade concludes beneath the arch. The surrounding central vista was redeveloped under PM Modi 2020-24.
- Function
- Religious institution & practice
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- Established / referenced
- Location
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- Site withinDelhi
India Gate lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 2 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. India Gate is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.
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Sources
Wikipedia, “India Gate”. Archaeological Survey of India and State Archaeology monument records, and the standard regional literature.
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