Friday 27 May 2011

India Gate- Delhi


The India Gate is the national rather International monument of India situated in the Dil of Dilli, India Gate was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. It is a prominent landmark in Delhi and commemorates the 90,000 soldiers of the British Indian Army who lost their lives while fighting for the British Raj in World War I and the Third Anglo-Afghan War. It is composed of red sand stone and granite.
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 (The flame of the immortal soldier).