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    The India Gate in New Delhi is a memorial dedicated to 70,000 soldiers of the British Indian Army who died fighting for the British Empire during World War I and the Third Anglo-Afghan War. Unveiled in 1933, it was designed by Edwin Lutyens and is inscribed with the names of soldiers from the United Kingdom and British India who died in these conflicts. Today it is a popular tourist site and location for Republic Day celebrations, surrounded by gardens and monuments honoring Indian soldiers who died in later wars.

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    The India Gate in New Delhi is a memorial dedicated to 70,000 soldiers of the British Indian Army who died fighting for the British Empire during World War I and the Third Anglo-Afghan War. Unveiled in 1933, it was designed by Edwin Lutyens and is inscribed with the names of soldiers from the United Kingdom and British India who died in these conflicts. Today it is a popular tourist site and location for Republic Day celebrations, surrounded by gardens and monuments honoring Indian soldiers who died in later wars.

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    The India Gate in New Delhi is a memorial dedicated to 70,000 soldiers of the British Indian Army who died fighting for the British Empire during World War I and the Third Anglo-Afghan War. Unveiled in 1933, it was designed by Edwin Lutyens and is inscribed with the names of soldiers from the United Kingdom and British India who died in these conflicts. Today it is a popular tourist site and location for Republic Day celebrations, surrounded by gardens and monuments honoring Indian soldiers who died in later wars.

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    The India Gate in New Delhi is a memorial dedicated to 70,000 soldiers of the British Indian Army who died fighting for the British Empire during World War I and the Third Anglo-Afghan War. Unveiled in 1933, it was designed by Edwin Lutyens and is inscribed with the names of soldiers from the United Kingdom and British India who died in these conflicts. Today it is a popular tourist site and location for Republic Day celebrations, surrounded by gardens and monuments honoring Indian soldiers who died in later wars.

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    All India War Memorial

     India Gate also known as All India War


    Memorial.
     Located on Rajpath (Kingsway)
     Situated in the heart of New Delhi,
     28°36′46.31″N 77°13′45.5″E
     Established 10 February 1921
     Unveiled12 February 1933
     Designed by Edwin Lutyens
     India Gate is a memorial to 70,000 soldiers of
    the British Indian Army who died in the
    period 1914–21 in the First World War
     13,300servicemen's names inscribed
     Imperial War Graves Commission (I.W.G.C),
    established December 1917
     Major tourist attracted area.
     People from many countries
     Best visiting time after sunset or 5.30pm to
    9.30pm
     No monument fees
     Car parking
     The Republic Day Parade starts
    from Rashtrapati Bhavan and passes around
    the India Gate.
     Accommodation
     Food : Local, Restaurant, Online
     Good atmosphere.
     Best recreation area (family, friends, etc).
     Side benches
     Toy car for kids
     Photographers
     Local shops for mini purchase
     Railway station : Nizamuddin Railway
    station
     Metro station :Mandi House and Khan
    Market
     Airport : New Delhi Airport
     Bus : private and government
     Auto
     Cabs
    India Gate Delhi
    illuminated
    with indian
    Flag Colours
     Thecornice of the India Gate is inscribed
    with the Imperial suns while both sides of the
    arch have INDIA, flanked by the dates
    MCMXIV (1914 left) and MCMXIX (1919 right).
     TOTHE 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
     13,300 servicemen's names inscribed
     Sculptures on sides of the India Gate
     The flame of the immortal soldier
     The wake Liberation of Bangladesh in
    December 1971 to commemorate Indian
    soldiers killed in the defence of their country
     inaugurated by the then Prime Minister Indira
    Gandhi on 26 January 1972, the
    23rd Republic Day.
     India's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
     Rashtrapati Bhavan with Amar Jawan Jyoti in
    foreground
     constructed by the Government of India
     honour to Armed Forces.
     Established 25 February 2019
     Location: India Gate Circle, New Delhi, India
     Coordinates 28°36′46″N 77°13′59″E
     Names of martyrs killed in wars in 1947–48, 1961
    (Goa), 1962 (China), 1965, 1971, 1987
    (Siachen), 1987-88 (Sri Lanka), 1999 (Kargil), and
    other operations such as Operation Rakshak, are
    inscribed on the memorial walls.
     A War Museum
     The
    innermost structure of the National War
    Memorial
     The
    innermost structure of the National War
    Memorial
     RashtrapatiBhawan
     Parliament House
     North and South Block
     Qutab Minar
     Jantar Mantar
     Gurudwara Bangla Sahib
     National Gallery of Modern Art
     National Museum of Natural History
     Over crowd
     Unsafe
     Pickpocket thieves
     Heavy traffic
     No visitors data available
     Plastic issue
     Needed informative signage
     Proper waste dustbins
     Improve the number of securities

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