India Gate stands at the eastern end of the ceremonial Rajpath axis in New Delhi, designed by the British architect Edwin Lutyens as part of his broader plan for the new imperial capital and inaugurated in February 1931. Built of red and pale sandstone in the form of a triumphal arch, it commemorates roughly 74,000 soldiers of the British Indian Army who died between 1914 and 1921 in the First World War and the Third Anglo-Afghan War, with the names of more than 13,000 of them inscribed on its walls. Lutyens drew explicitly on the model of Roman triumphal arches such as the Arch of Constantine, and the monument is often compared to Paris's Arc de Triomphe. Since India's independence it has also come to serve as a site of national remembrance for later Indian soldiers.
Facts
Building Type Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category) Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: India, located there.
Sources
1. India Gate, Wikipedia
Introduction
war memorial
Introduction, location clause
on the eastern edge of the ceremonial axis of New Delhi
Design and structure section
The 42-metre-tall (138 ft) India Gate stands on a low base of red Bharatpur stone
- Wikipedia "India Gate" intro (read live, w-fk-arch-rel2-0927c, R-K)
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
India Gate stands at the eastern end of the ceremonial Rajpath axis in New Delhi, designed by the British architect Edwin Lutyens as part of his broader plan for the new imperial capital and inaugurated in February 1931. Built of red and pale sandstone in the form of a triumphal arch, it commemorates roughly 74,000 soldiers of the British Indian Army who died between 1914 and 1921 in the First World War and the Third Anglo-Afghan War, with the names of more than 13,000 of them inscribed on its walls. Lutyens drew explicitly on the model of Roman triumphal arches such as the Arch of Constantine, and the monument is often compared to Paris's Arc de Triomphe. Since India's independence it has also come to serve as a site of national remembrance for later Indian soldiers.
View the Source2. India Gate (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (1931)Quote, Wikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (1931)
Wikidata item Q245347, property P1619: 1931
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