India Gate Complex (Delhi)

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India Gate Complex is a City Square of New Delhi, India. This Square has an area of 306,600 m² and dimension of approx. 625m diameter. It is one of the largest city square in India.
(Source - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_squares_by_size )

The India Gate is the national monument of India. Situated in the heart of New Delhi, India Gate was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. Originally known as All India War Memorial, it is a prominent landmark in Delhi and commemorates the 90,000 soldiers of the British Indian Army who lost their lives while fighting for the British Indian Empire, or more correctly the British Raj in World War I and the Third Anglo-Afghan War. It is composed of red sand stone and granite.

Originally, a Statue of King George V had stood under the now-vacant canopy in front of the India Gate, and was removed to Coronation Park with other statues. Following India's independence, India Gate became the site of the Indian Army's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, known as the Amar Jawan Jyoti (The flame of the immortal soldier).
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_Gate
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Coordinates:   28°36'46"N   77°13'52"E

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  • My India is grate
  • i love my india
  • Nice place to see
  • Its very shame full for Indians our most secure place showing in wikimapia . Just type white house you can’t see the are
  • It is great place of unknown soldiers which were they fight for british empire and also great place for tourist.
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