Amar Jawan Jyoti Flame At India Gate To Be Merged With Flame At National War Memorial

News agency ANI reported the Indian Army officials as stating the same. This comes ahead of the 73rd Republic Day on January 26.

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New Delhi: The Amar Jawan Jyoti flame at the India Gate in the national capital will be merged with the flame at the National War Memorial in a ceremony on Friday.

News agency ANI reported the Indian Army officials as stating the same. This comes ahead of the 73rd Republic Day on January 26.

Amar Jawan Jyoti:

Constructed after the India-Pakistan war of 1971, the Amar Jawan Jyoti commemorates the dead and unknown soldiers who lost their lives in the conflict that resulted in the creation of independent Bangladesh. The burning flame is considered immortal.

National War Memorial:

The National War Memorial is a national monument built to honour and remember soldiers of the Indian military who fought in armed conflicts of independent India.

The names of armed forces personnel killed during the armed conflicts with Pakistan and China as well as the 1961 War in Goa, Operation Pawan and other operations such as Operation Rakshak are inscribed on the memorial walls in golden letters.

Spread over 40 acres of land, this monument and was built around the existing ‘chhatri’ (canopy) near India Gate.

The memorial wall is flushed with the ground and in harmony with existing aesthetics.

India Gate:

The India Gate, one of the most iconic national monuments of India, stands high in the national capital of Delhi.

Situated on Rajpath, the monument was built in the memory of 90,000 soldiers who lost their lives during the first World War and the third Anglo-Afghan War.

The memorial-gate was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, who was not only the main architect of New Delhi, but also a member of the Imperial War Graves Commission and one of Europe's foremost designers of war graves and memorials.

The flags of the Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air force are put behind the India Gate to represent the power of Indian military.