India Gate
The India Gate is a war memorial located near the Rajpath on the eastern edge of the "ceremonial axis" of New Delhi. It stands as a memorial to 74,187 soldiers of the Indian Army who died between 1914 and 1921 in the First World War, in France, Flanders, Mesopotamia, Persia, East Africa, Gallipoli and elsewhere in the Near and the Far East, and the Third Anglo-Afghan War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kavali Chandrakanth KCK, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Triumphal arch in New Delhi
- Also known as: “All India War Memorial”
- Roof shape: gabled
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Statue of Subhas Chandra Bose and National Gallery of Modern Art.
Statue of Subhas Chandra Bose
Monument
National Gallery of Modern Art
Art gallery
Photo: Pardeep, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Gallery of Modern Art is the premier art gallery under the Indian Ministry of Culture. The main museum at Jaipur House in New Delhi was established on 29 March 1954 by the Government of India, with subsequent branches at Mumbai and Bangalore. National Gallery of Modern Art is situated 590 metres southeast of India Gate.
National War Memorial
Memorial
Photo: DiplomatTesterMan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National War Memorial is a war memorial in New Delhi, Delhi, India, located at India Gate Circle. It has been built to honour and remember soldiers of the Indian Armed Forces who fought in armed conflicts of independent India. National War Memorial is situated 350 metres east of India Gate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eastern Delhi and Golf Links.
Eastern Delhi
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eastern Delhi consists of three administrative districts: East Delhi, North East Delhi and Shahdara, which are all on the eastern bank of the Yamuna River. Akshardham is the most famous attraction in the district.
Golf Links
Neighborhood
Golf Links is a neighbourhood in New Delhi, India. It is in walking distance to Khan Market. The name is inspired by the Delhi Golf Course nearby. It is close to a similar neighbourhood called Jorbagh and is a quiet residential area.
Connaught Place
Suburb
Photo: Kabi1990, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Connaught Place, also known as Rajiv Chowk or CP, is one of the main financial, commercial and business centres in New Delhi, Delhi, India. It houses the headquarters of several noted Indian firms and is a major shopping, nightlife, and tourist destination in New Delhi.
India Gate
- Categories: triumphal arch, Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained memorial, tourism, historic site, and monument
- Location: Chanakya Puri, New Delhi, Delhi, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
28.61293° or 28° 36′ 47″ northLongitude
77.22949° or 77° 13′ 46″ eastElevation
216 metres (709 feet)Inception
February 12th, 1931Open location code
7JWVJ67H+5QOpenStreetMap ID
way 361709652OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=gabledOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“India Gate” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بوابة الهند”
- Assamese: “ইণ্ডিয়া গেট”
- Basque: “India Gate”
- Belarusian: “Вароты Індыі”
- Bengali: “ইন্ডিয়া গেট”
- Bhojpuri: “इंडिया गेट”
- Burmese: “အိန္ဒိယမုခ်ပေါက်ကြီး”
- Catalan: “India gate”
- Catalan: “Porta de l’Índia”
- Cebuano: “India Gate”
- Central Kurdish: “دەروازەی ھیند”
- Chinese: “Ìn-tō͘ Mn̂g”
- Chinese: “印度門 (德里)”
- Chinese: “印度門”
- Chinese: “印度门”
- Czech: “Brána Indie”
- Czech: “India Gate”
- Dutch: “India Gate”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بوابة الهند”
- Finnish: “India Gate”
- French: “India Gate”
- French: “porte de l’Inde”
- French: “Porte de l’Inde”
- Georgian: “ინდოეთის კარიბჭე”
- German: “India Gate”
- Gujarati: “ઇન્ડિયા ગેટ”
- Gujarati: “ઈંડિયા ગેટ”
- Hebrew: “שער הודו”
- Hindi: “इंडिया गेट”
- Hindi: “इण्डिया गेट”
- Hindi: “इण्डिया- गेट”
- Hindi: “इन्डिया गेट”
- Hindi: “ईन्डिया गेट”
- Hungarian: “India-kapu”
- Indonesian: “Gerbang India”
- Italian: “Porta dell’India”
- Japanese: “インディア・ゲート”
- Japanese: “インド門”
- Kannada: “ಇಂಡಿಯಾ ಗೇಟ್”
- Kannada: “ಇಂಡಿಯಾ ಗೇಟ್”
- Korean: “인도문”
- Maithili: “इन्डिया गेट”
- Maithili: “भारत द्वार”
- Malayalam: “India Gate”
- Malayalam: “ഇന്ത്യ ഗേറ്റ്”
- Malayalam: “ഇന്ത്യാ ഗേറ്റ്”
- Marathi: “इंडिया गेट”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ìn-tō͘ Mn̂g”
- Nepali: “इण्डिया गेट”
- Nepali: “इन्डिया गेट”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “India Gate”
- Norwegian: “India Gate”
- Oriya: “ଇଣ୍ତିଆ ଗେଟ”
- Panjabi: “ਇੰਡੀਆ ਗੇਟ”
- Persian: “دروازه هند”
- Persian: “دروازهٔ هند”
- Polish: “Brama Indii”
- Portuguese: “India Gate”
- Portuguese: “Porta da Índia”
- Portuguese: “Portão da Índia”
- Russian: “Ворота Индии”
- Sanskrit: “india gate”
- Sanskrit: “भारतद्वारम्”
- Spanish: “Puerta de la India”
- Swedish: “India Gate”
- Tamil: “இண்டியா கேட்”
- Tamil: “இந்தியா கேட்”
- Tamil: “இந்தியாவின் வாயில்”
- Telugu: “ఇండియా గేట్”
- Thai: “ประตูอินเดีย”
- Ukrainian: “Брама Індії”
- Urdu: “باب ہند”
- Western Panjabi: “انڈیا گیٹ”
- “इंडिया गेट”
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