India
Gate, Delhi 
Built
as a memorial to commemorate the 70,000 India soldiers killed in World War I,
India Gate was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and completed in 1931.
Located
on Rajpath, the road which leads to the magnificent Rashtrapati Bhawan, the gate
is 160 feet high with an arch of 138 feet.
Built from sandstone, the
arch also houses the Eternal Flame, a gesture in memory of the Indian soldiers
who laid their lives in the 1971 war with Pakistan.
India Gate, a majestic
structure, 42 metres high, is set at the end of Rajpath, perhaps the most beautiful
area of New Delhi with plush green lawns in the backdrop. It is a popular picnic
spot during the winters and equally popular as a relaxation area during the summer
evenings.
Designed and built by Lutyens, it was originally called All
India War Memorial in memory of the 90,000 Indian soldiers who died in the campaigns
of World War I, the North-West Frontier operations of the same time and the 1919
Afghan Fiasco.On the walls of the structure are inscribed the names of all the
soldiers.
An eternal flame called Amar Jawan Jyoti that runs on gas
was lit in 1971 to honour the martyrs. During the night, it is intensely floodlit
and the fountains nearby are lit up with coloured lights.Close by is the canopy
which once became controversial and under whose red sandstone roof was the marble
statue of King George V which has been shifted from there. The canopy was also
designed and built by Lutyens.
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Monuments in India
—› Humayun's Tomb,
Delhi —› India
Gate, Delhi —› Khajuraho
Temples —› Konark
Temple —› Lake
Palace, Udaipur —›
Qutub Minar, Delhi
—› Taj Mahal, Agra
—› Umaid
Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur —›
Ajanta Ellora
—› Charminar, Hyderabad
—› Fatehpur
Sikri, Agra —› Gateway
of India, Mumbai
