The journey begins at India Gate. Situated in the capital of the country, the place is like a point-of-germination for all things Indian. Thus it was picked (to initiate this blog project) not without a reason.
India Gate was originally called the All India War Memorial. It is a monument built by Edwin Lutyens to commemorate the Indian soldiers who died in World War I and the Afghan Wars.
The foundation for India Gate 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.
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". 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. Some of the major roads that branch outfrom the hexagonal-India Gate vicinity include, Akbar Road, Shahjahan Road, Ashoka Road, Pandara Road, and Purana Qila Road.
The foundation for India Gate 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.
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". 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. Some of the major roads that branch outfrom the hexagonal-India Gate vicinity include, Akbar Road, Shahjahan Road, Ashoka Road, Pandara Road, and Purana Qila Road.
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