India Gate is a war memorial to the Indian soldiers who died in the First World War and the Third Anglo-Afghan War.
It is 42 m high
About 13,000 names are incribed on the Gate
The statue of King George V was installed under the canopy in 1931 but was removed in the 1960s
We came back the following morning
It was less crowded in the morning
The inscription below INDIA
TO THE DEAD OF THE INDIAN ARMIES WHO FELL AND ARE HONOURED IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS MESOPOTAMIA AND PERSIA EAST AFRICA GALLIPOLI AND ELSEWHERE IN THE NEAR AND THE FAR-EAST AND IN SACRED MEMORY ALSO OF THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE RECORDED AND WHO FELL IN INDIA OR THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER AND DURING THE THIRD AFGHAN WAR
The three flags of the Armed Forces
(Army, Navy and Air Force)
Amar Jawan Jyoti, an eternal flame was added under the Gate in 1971 in memory of soldiers who died in the India-Pakistan War.
It also also serves as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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