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== National War Memorial == {{Main article|National War Memorial (India)}} {{National War Memorial complex and India Gate OSM Location map}} In July 2014, the government announced plans to construct a [[National War Memorial (India)|National War Memorial]] in the C-Hexagon (India Gate Circle), and an adjoining National War Museum. The cabinet allocated {{INRConvert|500|c|lk=on}} for the project.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Joseph|first=Josy|author-link=Josy Joseph|date=7 October 2015|title=Cabinet clears Rs. 500 crore for National War Memorial|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/cabinet-clears-rs-500-crore-for-war-memorial-museum-for-postindependence-martyrs/article7734542.ece|access-date=2019-01-30|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The National War Memorial was completed in January, 2019.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/war-museum-ready-60-yrs-after-it-was-first-proposed/articleshow/67330108.cms|title=Delhi: War memorial ready, 60 years after it was first proposed|last=Pandit|first=Rajat|date=1 January 2019|website=The Times of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103074259/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com//city/delhi/war-museum-ready-60-yrs-after-it-was-first-proposed/articleshow/67330108.cms|archive-date=3 January 2019|url-status=live|access-date=2019-01-30}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/urban/national-war-museum-delhi-india-gate|title=National War Memorial Takes Shape Six Decades After Being Conceived|last=Bhatnagar|first=Gaurav Vivek|date=21 April 2018|website=The Wire|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130125759/https://thewire.in/urban/national-war-museum-delhi-india-gate|archive-date=30 January 2019|access-date=2019-01-30}}</ref> Since January 2022, it houses the [[Amar Jawan Jyoti]], or the "Flame of the Immortal Soldier".<ref name=":2" /> {{clear}}
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