INDIA GATE DELHI

• The India Gate is the national monument of India
• I one of the largest war memorials in India. Situated in the heart of New Delhi, India Gate was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
• Originally known as All India War Memorial
• it is a prominent landmark in Delhi and commemorates the 90,000 soldiers of the erstwhile British Indian Army who lost their lives fighting for the Indian Empire in World War I and the Afghan Wars.
• Originally, a Statue of King George V had stood under the now-vacant canopy in front of the India Gate, and was removed to Coronation Park with other statues.
• Following India's independence, India Gate became the site of the Indian Army's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, known as the Amar Jawan Jyoti (Immortal Soldier)
• The surface of the India Gate is engraved with name of 90,000 Indian soldiers who died in World War I and the Afghan wars fighting for the British India.
• The names are grouped based on the division the solder belongs to.