On Friday, the government extinguished the Amar Jawan Jyoti 's eternal light beneath India Gate and replaced it with one installed at the National War Memorial in New Delhi in 2019. Learn about the origin, symbolism, and meaning of the Amar Jawan Jyoti , a war memorial that honours the fallen soldiers of India. Find out how it was merged with the new National War Memorial in 2022. The government has put out the eternal flame of the Amar Jawan Jyoti underneath India Gate and merged it with the one instituted at the National War Memorial in 2019 a few hundred meters away. The decision kicked off a political row, with Opposition leaders claiming that it was a disrespect to the ...
