India Gate, New Delhi : The 42 m high gateway in the middle of a crossraod commemorates the 70 000 Indian soldiers who lost their lives fighting for the British army during the first world war and bears the names of more than 13 516 British and Indian soldiers killed in the north western frontier in the Afghan war of 1919.

The foundation stone was laid by His Royal Highness, the Duke of Connaught, in 1921 and was designed by Edwin Lutyens. Another memorial, Amar Jawan Jyoti was added much later after India got its independence. It is in the form of a flame that burns day and night under the arch to remind the nation of the soldiers who laid down their lives in the Indo - Pakistan war in 1971. The entire arch stands on a low base of red Bharatpur stone.

Opposite to the Inida Gate, at the other end of Raj Path, stands the magnificent residence of the President of India on Raisina hill. The palace like spacious building was designed by Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker in 1929.