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FACTS & FIGURES
Built in : 1931
Designed by
Sir Edwin Lutyens
Location : Delhi
India Gate 
Built as a memorial to commemorate the 70,000 India soldiers killed in World War I, India Gate was designed by
Sir Edwin Lutyens and completed in 1931.
Located on Rajpath, the road which leads to the magnificent Rashtrapati Bhawan,
the gate is 160 feet high with an arch of 138 feet.
Built from sandstone, the arch also houses the Eternal Flame, a gesture in
memory of the Indian soldiers who laid their lives in the 1971 war with
Pakistan.
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