India Gate is a 42-meter archway, bang in the middle of Rajpath, a road that leads to Rashtrapati Bhavan, the President's Estate. It commemorates the 70,000 Indian soldiers who lost their lives fighting for the British Army during the World War I. The memorial bears the names of more than 13,516 British and Indian soldiers killed in the Northwestern Frontier in the Afghan war of 1919. The arch was dedicated to the nation in 1931 by the then Viceroy, Lord Irwin.
Another memorial, Amar Jawan Jyoti, an eternal flame, that was added much later burns day and night under the arch to remind the countrymen of the soldiers who laid down their lives in Indo-Pakistan War of December 1971. The national monument comes alive in the evenings with colorful lights and the lush green lawns around the arch is a favorite evening spot for most Delhi families.
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