India Gate in New Delhi was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens as a war memorial, part of the work of the Imperial War Graves Commission. The foundation stone was laid on February 10, 1921, and Lord Irwin inaugurated it on February 12, 1931. The article gives no named style, describing a tetrapylon that draws on Roman triumphal arches.
The gate is 138 feet (42 m) high, on a low base of red Bharatpur stone, with a sunburst frieze and a large cornice. Names of the dead are engraved on it, with counts given as more than 13,516, around 13,300 and 13,313. Sir Sobha Singh was primary contractor.
A statue of George V stood under a canopy from 1936 until 1968. The Amar Jawan Jyoti was installed in 1971 and 1972, and its flame was merged with the National War Memorial flame in January 2022. It is illuminated nightly and is a public space.
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