PM Modi to unveil country's first post-Independence National War Memorial today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the National War Memorial near India Gate on Monday. This is the first war memorial that has been built to commemorate the valour and sacrifice of the armed forces personnel who laid down their lives in the service of the nation post Independence.

Drawing inspiration from the 'Chakravyuh' formation, the iconic National War Memorial boasts of four thematic concentric circles with a tall ceremonial obelisk at its centre that will bear the eternal flame.