Amar Jawan Jyoti is an Indian memorial conceptualised and constructed after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and inaugurated on 26 January 1972. It was the national war memorial in India until February 2019, when the new National War Memorial and its own flame was inaugurated and lit. On 21 January 2022, the older flame was merged with the newer one at National War Memorial.
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Image: National war memorial text at bottom of pillar (cropped 2)
Cenotaph with a L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle placed on its barrel and capped by a helmet of the Unknown Soldier.
The flame at the National War Memorial being lit for the first time on 25 February 2019.
National War Memorial (India)
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. The names of armed forces personnel killed during the armed conflicts with Pakistan and China as well as the 1961 War in Goa, Operation Pawan, and other operations such as Operation Rakshak are inscribed on the memorial walls in golden letters.
Image: National War Memorial on the 21st anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas, 2020
Image: National War Memorial, Tyag Chakra, Circle of Sacrifice, Ajay Ahuja
Image: National War Memorial India, Param Vir Chakra section, Major Somnath Sharma
Image: National war memorial text at bottom of pillar (cropped)
