NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate the National War Memorial in the New Delhi. The India's first national memorial after Independence will be dedicated to the soldiers who sacrificed their life in the service of mother land since independence. The names of 25,942 battle casualties have been inscribed across 16 walls at the national memorial.
PM Modi will dedicate the memorial to the nation built in memory of soldiers killed in action since Independence, at the India Gate complex, by lighting a flame positioned at the bottom of the stone-made obelisk.
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It is spread over 40 acres in the India Gate complex behind the canopy, the National War Memorial, is dedicated to soldiers killed during the Indo-China War in 1962, Indo-Pak Wars in 1947, 1965 and 1971, Indian Peace Keeping Force Operations in Sri Lanka and in the Kargil Conflict in 1999, and also those in the UN peacekeeping missions.
Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Lt Gen PS Rajeshwar said there will be a wreath-laying retreat ceremony held every evening at the new memorial where people can join in.
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The National War Memorial complex includes a central obelisk, an eternal flame, and six bronze murals depicting famous battles fought by Indian Army, Air Force and Navy. The monument can accommodate a footfall of about 250 people at a time.