India Gate is a monument located in New Delhi, India. It was built in 1931 to commemorate the 70,000 Indian soldiers who lost their lives fighting for the British Army during World War I. The 42-meter-high archway is made of red sandstone and granite and is inscribed
India Gate, formerly known as the All India War Memorial, is a prominent war memorial situated on the eastern edge of the ceremonial axis of New Delhi, India, officially known as Kartavya Path. The memorial bears the names of more than 13,516 British and Indian soldiers who were killed on the Northwestern Frontier in the Afghan War (1919). It stands as a memorial commemorating 74,187 soldiers of the Indian Army who died between 1914 and 1921 in the First World War, in France, Flanders, Mesopotamia, Persia, East Africa, Gallipoli and the Third Anglo-Afghan War. Around 13,300 servicemen’s names, including those of some British soldiers and officers, are inscribed on the gate. Designed by Edwin Lutyens, the memorial draws inspiration from ancient Roman triumphal arches such as the Arch of Constantine and is frequently compared to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.