India GateIndia Gate, New Delhi. India Gate is one of many British monuments built by order of the Imperial War Graves Commission (later renamed Commonwealth War Graves Commission). The architect was Sir Edwin Lutyens, an Englishman who designed numerous other war memorials and was also the prin...
This structure was built in memory of Indian soldiers. There is more rush in evening time as the local population gathers there in the green lawns all around India Gate. So it is better to visit in day time but it looks more beautiful in night. Written April 10, 20...
I accept it for what it is and we are then on to the next sights – the India Gate which was built to honor the Indian men who lost their lives serving in the army during World War I and the Raj Ghat which houses the tombs of Mahatma and Indira Ghandi. Next is the Red Fort (be...
In the business center of Delhi- Indira Place or Rajiv Chowk (though it is still popular by the old name of Connaught place) one will see Jantar Mantar, the old observatory built by Maharaja Jai Singh of Jaipur in the 18th century. It is worth a visit. The depth of knowledge of astron...
The Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852) had left the kingdom of Ava (Upper Burma; see Alaungpaya dynasty) independent of British India, and, under the rule of King Mindon (1853–78), who built his capital at Mandalay, steamers bringing British residents and private traders up the Irrawaddy ...
… the India Gate which stands in Delhi is a war memorial. It was build in remembrance of over 70,000 soldiers of the British Indian Army who died in the First World War. The memorial is 42 m/ 132 ft. high and stands in the middle of a crossroad. The names of 13 218 dead soldie...
Built In: 159917. India Gate, DelhiImage Source This 42-meter monument is among the famous historical monuments of India and often compared with the Arch de Triomphe in Paris and the Arch of Constantine in Rome. Located on the Rajpath, it was designed by Edwin Lutyens. Dedicated to the ...
India Gate: This triumphal arc and war memorial were built in the 1920s. It is an imposing landmark in New Delhi. It was built in memorial for the 82,000 Indian and British soldiers who fought (and died) in the First World War. ...
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She is the Italian-born widow of the assassinated former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and the daughter-in-law of the prime minister before him, Indira Gandhi, who was also assassinated. The Congress-led coalition built its near-majority with an appeal to the rural poor. During its first term...