The Delhi Memorial, also known as India Gate, stands at the eastern end of Rajpath or Kingsway. It is situated in the heart of New Delhi. India Gate was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and unveiled by Lord Irwin on 12th February 1931.
It was named “All India War Memorial” but later changed the name to India Gate. Indian Gate commemorates the soldiers of Indian Army who lost their lives while fighting as British allies in the First World War and the Third Anglo-Afghan War.
13,300 Commonwealth servicemen are commemorated by name. The Delhi Memorial also acts as a national memorial to all the 70,000 soldiers of Undivided India who served and died during the First World War.
Burning in a shrine under the arch of India Gate since 1971 is the Amar Jawan Jyoti (the flame of the immortal soldier) which marks the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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