New Delhi:
After burning for 50 years, the everlasting flame of Amar Jawan Jyoti on the India Gate lawns might be extinguished perpetually. The torch will now be merged with the Nationwide Struggle Memorial’s torch at a programme on Friday, days forward of the Republic Day.
The ceremony — scheduled to start at 3.30 pm– might be presided over by the Built-in Defence Employees chief, Air Marshal Balabadhra Radha Krishna, officers stated.
Sources stated the choice was taken after it was discovered that the maintenance of two flames is turning into more and more troublesome.
It has additionally been argued that for the reason that Nationwide Struggle Memorial has already been constructed for the martyrs of the nation, why a separate flame must be lit on the India Gate, military sources stated.
The Nationwide Struggle Memorial, military sources stated, additionally has the names of the martyrs which are inscribed on the India Gate.
The Nationwide Struggle Memorial additionally has the names of all of the Indian defence personnel who’ve misplaced their lives in several operations — from the 1947-48 struggle with Pakistan to the conflict with Chinese language troops at Galwan valley.
The names of troops who misplaced lives within the counter-terrorist operations are additionally included on the partitions of the memorial.
The Nationwide Struggle Memorial — constructed over 40 acres at a price of Rs 176 crore — was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 2019. All army ceremonial occasions that came about on the India Gate have been shifted there after the inauguration.
On the Struggle Memorial, the everlasting flame is positioned under the central 15.5 m obelisk. There are 4 concentric circles – the “Amar Chakra”, “Veerta Chakra”, “Tyag Chakra” and the “Rakshak Chakra”, the place the names of 25,942 troopers are inscribed on granite tablets in golden letters.
The memorial additionally consists of six bronze murals depicting the well-known battles fought by the Indian Military, Air Power and the Navy in a lined gallery within the Veerta Chakra.
The India Gate was constructed by the British authorities within the reminiscence of the troopers of the British Indian Military who died within the First World Struggle between 1914 and 1921. In 1972, the Amar Jawan Jyoti was lit in reminiscence of the Indian troopers who died within the 1971 struggle with Pakistan.
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