where is india gate
2007-02-18 18:23:18 · 7 answers · asked by arti c 1 in Travel ➔ India ➔ Other - India
Situated on the Rajpath in New Delhi, India Gate (originally called the All India War Memorial) is a monument built by Edwin Lutyens to commemorate the Indian soldiers who died in the World War I and the Afghan Wars. The foundation stone was laid on 10 February, 1921 by the Duke of Connaught. The names of the soldiers who died in these wars are inscribed on the walls. It was completed in 1931. Burning under it since 1971 is the Amar Jawan Jyoti (The flame of the immortal warrior), which marks the Unknown Soldier's Tomb.
Inscribed on top of India Gate in capital letters is the line:
" To the dead of the Indian armies who fell 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 recorded and who fell in India or the north-west frontier and during the Third Afgan War. "
The shrine itself is a black marble cenotaph with a rifle placed on its barrel, crested by a soldier's helmet. Each face of the cenotaph has inscribed in gold the words "Amar Jawan" (Immortal Warrior). This cenotaph is itself placed on an edifice which has on its four corners four flames that are perpetually kept alive.
The 42 metre tall India Gate is situated such that many important roads spread out from it. Traffic passing around India Gate used to be continuous till the roads were closed to the public due to terrorist threats. The lawns around Rajpath are thronged by people during the night, when the India Gate is lit up.-
2007-02-18 20:08:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
India Gate is on Rajpath, New Delhi. Originally called All India War Memorial, it was built in memory of Indian Soldiers who died doing their duty during World War for the British armed forces :-(
Another thing of note is the Amar Jawan Jyothi, meaning the Flame of the Immortal Soldier (it is kept burning 24/7/365) It never extinguishes just like the fighting spirit of our armed forces. Jai Jawan!!!
2007-02-19 02:35:45 · answer #2 · answered by surnell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
India Gate is in the capital of INDIA
nEW delhi
& Gateway of India is in mumbai
2007-02-19 02:27:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
india gate is in capital of india that is delhi
2007-02-19 06:36:52 · answer #4 · answered by ashish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2014-03-20 07:13:30 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
near the windwos of bangladesh :P
2007-02-19 04:50:17 · answer #6 · answered by Akmal Zaidi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DELHI
2007-02-19 02:38:18 · answer #7 · answered by BEST 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋