THE india gate ( formerly known as all india war memorial) is a war memorial located near the kartavya path on the eastem edge of the" ceremonial axis" of new delhi, formerly called rajpath. It stands as a memorial to 84,000 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 elsewhere in the near and the far east, and the third anglo -afghan war. Designed by sir edwin lutyens, the architectural style of the ancient roman triumphal arches such as the arch of constantine in rome, and later memorial arches: THIS structure, called amar jawan jyoti( flame of the immortal soldier), has since 1971 served as indian's tomb of the unknown soldier. THE prime minister visits the gate to pay their tributees to the amar jawan jyoti , following which the republice day parade starts. INDIA gate is often a location for civil socity protests, and is popular with tourists THE india gate was part of the work of the imperial war graves commision(iwgc), which come into existence in december 1917 under the british rule for building war graves and memorials to soldiers who were killed in the first world war. ALL india war memorial, was laid on 10 february 1921, at 16:30, by the visiting duke of connaughht in a ceremony attended by officers and men of the imperial indian army, imperial service troops, the commander in chief, and chelmsford, the viceroy is reported to have said. THE gate, which is illuminated every evening from 19:00 to 21:30, today serves as one of delhi's most important tourist attractions. cars used to travel through the gate until it was closed to traffic. In 2017, the india gate was twinned with the arch of remembrance in leicester, england another lutyens was memorial, following a very similar design but on a smaller scale.
