Editing India Gate (section)

{{Short description|War memorial arch in New Delhi, India}}
{{Distinguish|Gateway of India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox military memorial
|name=India Gate
|country={{flag|India}}
|image=[[File:India Gate on the evening of 77th Independence day.jpg|200px]]
|use_dates=1914–1921
|established={{start date and age|10 February 1921}}
|unveiled={{start date and age|12 February 1931}}
|coordinates={{Coord|28|36|46.31|N|77|13|45.5|E|type:landmark_region:IN-DL|display=inline,title}}
|location={{Location map | India New Delhi
| width =
| lat_deg = 28.61288
| lon_deg = 77.22953
}}
|designer=[[Sir Edwin Lutyens]]
|inscription=13,313 engraved names, 12,357 Indian{{sfnp|Chhina, Last Post. Indian War Memorials Around the World|2014|pp=78}} and honours 70,000 fallen soldiers of undivided India<ref name="DELHI MEMORIAL" />
|commemorates=the martyred soldiers of the Indian Armies who fell during World War I and the Third Anglo-Afghan War
|caption=Front view, with the canopy (holding the [[Statue of Subhas Chandra Bose]]) in the background}}

The '''India Gate''' (formerly known as '''All India War Memorial''') is a [[war memorial]] located near the [[Rajpath]] (officially called [[Kartavya Path|Kartavya path]]) on the eastern edge of the "ceremonial axis" of [[New Delhi, India|New Delhi]]. It stands as a memorial to 74,187 soldiers of the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]] who died between 1914 and 1921 in the [[World War I|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]]. 13,300 servicemen's names, including some soldiers and officers from the United Kingdom, are inscribed on the gate.<ref name="DELHI MEMORIAL">{{cite web|year=|title=Delhi Memorial (India Gate)|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/142700/DELHI%20MEMORIAL%20%28INDIA%20GATE%29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414035151/https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/142700/delhi%20memorial%20(india%20gate)/|archive-date=14 April 2021|access-date=24 January 2022|website=|publisher=[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]}}</ref> Designed by Sir [[Edwin Lutyens]], the gate evokes the architectural style of the ancient Roman [[triumphal arch]]es such as the [[Arch of Constantine]] in Rome, and later [[Memorial gates and arches|memorial arch]]es; it is often compared to the [[Arc de Triomphe]] in Paris, and the [[Gateway of India]] in Mumbai.

Following the [[Bangladesh Liberation war]] in 1972, a structure consisting of a black marble plinth with a reversed rifle, capped by a war helmet and bounded by four eternal flames, was built beneath the archway. This structure, called [[Amar Jawan Jyoti]] (Flame of the Immortal Soldier), has since 1971 served as India's [[Tomb of the Unknown Soldier|tomb of the unknown soldier]]. India Gate is counted amongst the largest war memorials in India and every [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]], the [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] visits the Gate to pay their tributes to the [[Amar Jawan Jyoti]], following which the Republic Day parade starts. India Gate is often a location for [[civil society]] protests, and is popular with tourists.