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- Amar Jawan Jyothi is a building built in honour of Indian warriors who died defending their nation.
- For the unidentified troops, Amar Jawan Jyothi acts as a grave.
- Amar Jawan Jyoti is manned 24 hours a day by soldiers from the three Indian military services.
- The British constructed the India Gate in honour of the British Indian Army men who died between 1914 and 1921.
- After India’s triumph over Pakistan in the war of 1971, the Amar Jawan Jyoti, or eternal flame, was erected to the India Gate.
- The Amar Jawan Jyoti is where Prime Ministers typically pay respects on Republic Day and Independence Day.
- PM Narendra Modi did so at the National War Memorial in 2020.
- Nearly 400 metres from India Gate, the National War Memorial was constructed and opened its doors in 2019.
- The National War Memorial now hosts the majority of military ceremonies that were previously held at the India Gate memorial.
- 25,942 names of soldiers who lost their lives in various actions, from the conflict with China in the Galwan Valley through the war with Pakistan in 1947–1948, are listed on the National War Memorial.