THE SOLDIERS' FLAME AT INDIA GATE HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED, AND THE WAR MEMORIAL HAS BEEN MERGED WITH IT

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New Delhi: The Amar Jawan Jyoti, or "everlasting light," for soldiers, was extinguished at India Gate in Delhi today, 50 years after it was first lit, and the torch at the National War Memorial was fused with it in a military ceremony.

A ceremonial guard carried the light from India Gate to the new memorial, which is around 400 metres distant in the heart of the capital.

After the 1971 India-Pakistan war, which resulted in the birth of independent Bangladesh, the Amar Jawan Jyoti, or immortal soldier's flame, was installed near the India Gate.

According to AFP, it had been burning ever since, initially with cylinders of liquefied petroleum gas and then with piped gas.

Before their fuel was turned off, a soldier lighted a single torch from each of the four blazing urns at India Gate.

The government expects that the National War Memorial, which was completed in 2019, would serve as a single location for military events and memorials to dead troops. Most military events have been relocated from India Gate to the new memorial in the last three years.

With mixed emotions, the magnificent flame at India Gate has been extinguished. The "difficulty in keeping two flames," according to officials, was one of the reasons for the historic shift.

However, detractors, including opposition parties, see it as an attempt to whitewash history and create a brand around monuments erected by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration.

Rahul Gandhi, the Congress leader, tweeted, "Some individuals cannot grasp patriotism and sacrifice."

"Whatever is being done is a national tragedy and a bid to change the course of history. By combining the Amar Jawan Jyoti with the War Memorial Torch, history is being erased. The fact that the BJP created the National War Memorial does not imply that they can put an end to the Amar Jawan Jyoti "Manish Tewari, a member of the Congress, echoed this sentiment.

The administration stated that there was "a lot of disinformation" circulating and that the flame at India Gate was solely lit to honour the martyrs of the 1971 war.

"The Amar Jawan Jyoti's flame will not be extinguished. The flame at the National War Memorial is being united with it. It was strange to see the flame at Amar Jawan Jyoti paying tribute to the martyrs of the 1971 and earlier conflicts, but there were no names on it "According to government sources.

The British built the India Gate as a memorial to the British Indian Army soldiers who died in World War I. When the Indira Gandhi-led Congress government was in power in 1971, the Amar Jawan Jyoti was installed beneath the India Gate.

According to the administration, the names carved on the India Gate include those who served for the British in World War I and the Anglo-Afghan War, and it is "a monument of our colonial past."

According to the government, the names of Indian troops who died in post-independence wars, including the 1971 war, are engraved on the National War Memorial. "Having the flame paying honour to martyrs there is a true shraddhanjali (tribute)," insiders stated.

Over the shift, there has been a deluge of social media posts and remarks from opposing parties, as well as a segment of retired veterans.

The National War Memorial, which spans 40 acres and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was created at a cost of 176 crore.

PM Modi also declared today that as a symbol of India's debt to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, a statue of him will be erected at India Gate.

"Only a handful Delhi families received new construction after the country's independence. We have rescued the country from its narrow thinking by erecting new national monuments and enhancing the glory of those that already exist "he stated 

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