India Gate
Date Taken: 21 Aug 2011
Place: Indira Gandhi Memorial, Delhi, India.
Place: Indira Gandhi Memorial, Delhi, India.
The India Gate is the national monument of India. It was designed by
Sir Edwin Lutyens, inspired by the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. It was built in 1931. Originally known as the All India War Memorial, It commemorates the 90,000 soldiers of the Indian Army who lost their lives while fighting for the Indian Empire. It is composed of red and pale sandstone and granite.
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