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New Delhi (21/09/2022): Today the Amar Jawan Jyoti at the India Gate was merged with the eternal flame at the National War Memorial (NWM).
In a short ceremony, a part of the Amar Jawan Jyoti flame was taken and merged with the flame at the NWM, which is 400 metres away on the other side of India Gate.
Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Air Marshal B R Krishna presided over the ceremony.
The Amar Jawan Jyoti was constructed as a memorial for Indian soldiers who were killed in action in the 1971 Indo-Pak war, which India won, leading to the creation of Bangladesh.
Then prime minister, Indira Gandhi inaugurated it, on January 26, 1972.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the NWM, on February 25, 2019, where names of 25,942 soldiers have been inscribed in golden letters on granite tablets.
(Courtesy: PTI)
