Historical gates of India: India Gate, New Delhi

The India Gate (previously known as the All India Military Memorial) is a war memorial located on the eastern border of New Delhi's "ceremonial axis," formally known as Kingsway, astride the Rajpath. It serves as a memorial to the 70,000 British Indian Army soldiers who perished in the First World War, in France, Flanders, Mesopotamia, Persia, East Africa, Gallipoli, and elsewhere in the Near and Far East, as well as the third Anglo-Afghan War, between 1914 and 1921. The names of 13,300 personnel, including some British soldiers and officers, are engraved on the gate. The gate, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, is reminiscent of triumphal arch architecture, such as the Arch of Constantine in Rome, and is frequently likened to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and the Gateway of India in Mumbai.

A building was created beneath the archway following the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1972, consisting of a black marble plinth with a reversed rifle, capped by a war helmet, and bounded by four perpetual flames. Since 1971, this edifice, known as Amar Jawan Jyoti (Flame of the Immortal Soldier), has functioned as India's unknown soldier's tomb.  India Gate is one of the country's largest war memorials, and every Republic Day, the Prime Minister pays his respects at the Amar Jawan Jyoti, after which the Republic Day parade begins. In New Delhi, the memorial-gate is also a famous place for civil society protests.

Trivia:

• On 12 February 1931, the memorial was inaugurated by Lord Irwin, who on the occasion said "those who after us shall look upon this monument may learn in pondering its purpose something of that sacrifice and service which the names upon its walls record.
• Amar jawan Jyoti was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on 26 January 1972.