India Gate, New Delhi

India Gate and the Rajpath. India gate is a massive memorial arch not dissimilar to the Arc De Triumph in Paris. The memorial is also known as the all India memorial. It was built originally in memory of those 90,000 Indian citizens who gave their lives on behalf of the British Indian Empire who died during world war one and in Afghanistan. Work started on it in 1921 and it took approximately 10 years to build. The names of those who died are inscribed on the sides of the monument which is 42 metres tall. It is made out of red sandstone and looks quite magnificent. On each side of the monument ... more

India Gate has the rare distinction of being one of the few attractions in Delhi that benefits from being visible from a great distance, rather than being crowded in by surrounding buildings. If you stand outside the Presidential Palace at the far end of Rajpath with the government buildings around you, you can look straight down this regal artery and see the 42m-high India Gate standing proudly in the distance, looking a little like an Asian Arc de Triomphe. And like the Arc de Triomphe, the India Gate also sits effectively at the middle of a giant roundabout. As befits a monument to the ... more