National War Memorial
Obelisk and eternal flame amid four circles, holding twenty-five thousand soldiers' names in gold.
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This guide to the National War Memorial in Delhi covers the 72 years India's war dead went without a national memorial, from independence-era conflicts through the lone Amar Jawan Jyoti flame lit in 1972, to a request the armed forces first made in 1960. It traces the Chakravyuh battle formation the memorial's four rings are shaped after, dedicated in 2019, and its outermost ring of 695 trees, standing as silent soldiers. Walk the Tyag Chakra, the Circle of Sacrifice, and trace the golden letters along its walls.
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