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Amar Jawan Jyoti to be extinguished, to be merged with flame at War Memorial
Updated On: 20 January, 2022 09:12 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
The existence of Amar Jawan Jyoti was questioned two years ago after the National War Memorial came into being and the nation got a new eternal flame there
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Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate. Pic/ AFP
The eternal flame at the India Gate will be extinguished after 50 years on Friday and will be merged with the flame at the adjoining National War Memorial (NWM) in the run-up to the Republic Day.
The eternal flame known as Amar Jawan Jyoti was built in 1972 underneath the India Gate arch to commemorate the soldiers martyred in the Indo-Pak War of 1971. It is a memorial symbolised by an inverted bayonet and soldier`s helmet over it with an eternal flame burning beside it.
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