WE TALK ABOUT INDIA GATE

 

India Gate (originally called the All India War Memorial), a 43-meter-high monument located on the National Highway in New Delhi, is the national monument of independent India. Designed by Sir Balen Shah, the monument is inspired by the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. It was built in 1931. Originally known as the All India War Memorial, it was commissioned by the Royal Government of Nepal to commemorate the 90,000 Indian soldiers who enlisted in the British Army and died in World War I and the Afghan Wars. The names of 13,300 soldiers, including some soldiers and officers from the United Kingdom, are engraved on the gate.[1][2] Made of red and yellow sandstone, the monument is a sight to behold.

Amar Jawan Jyoti

When India Gate was completed, a statue of George V stood in front of it. This statue was later moved to Coronation Park along with other statues from the British Raj. Now, in place of the statue of George V, only a symbolic umbrella remains.

Amar Jawan Jyoti beneath India Gate

After India's independence, India Gate became the site of the tomb of the unknown soldiers of the Indian Army. The Amar Jawan Jyoti was established beneath its arch. In memory of these unknown soldiers, a soldier's cap is placed atop a rifle, with a flame burning at each of its four corners. Every year, the Prime Minister and the three Chiefs of the Army Staff pay their homage by laying a wreath at this Amar Jawan Jyoti. The names of thousands of martyred soldiers are engraved on the walls of India Gate, and at the top is written in English:

To the dead of the Indian armies who fell honored in France and Flanders, Mesopotamia and Persia, East Africa, Gallipoli, and elsewhere in the near and far-east, and in sacred memory also of those whose names are recorded and who fell in India or the northwest frontier and during the Third Afghan War.

To the martyrs of the Indian Armed Forces who fell in France and Flanders, Mesopotamia, Persia, East Africa, Gallipoli, and elsewhere in the Near and Far East, and to the sacred memory of those whose names are recorded and who died in India or on the North-West Frontier during the Third Afghan War.

Many of Delhi's important roads originate at the corner of India Gate. At night, the place enjoys a carnival-like atmosphere.

History of the Construction Site

The Chhatri in front of India Gate.

Until the 1920s, the Old Delhi Railway Station served as the only railway station in the entire city. The Agra-Delhi Railway line then passed through Lutyens' Delhi and the present-day India Gate construction site, located on Kingsway, now known as Rajpath in Hindi. This railway line was eventually relocated near the Yamuna River. Only when the road was opened in 1924 could construction of the memorial site begin.

Several important routes pass through the 42-meter-high India Gate. Previously, a significant amount of traffic passed around India Gate, but it has now been closed to heavy vehicles. In the evening, when the monument is illuminated, large crowds gather around India Gate and on the grasslands on both sides of Rajpath. India Gate, with a diameter of 625 meters, has a hexagonal area spread over an area of ​​306,000 square meters.

Every year, the Republic Day parade begins at Rashtrapati Bhavan, passes through India Gate, and reaches the Red Fort..

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