National War Memorial of India

A war memorial is a building or a monument that is used as a remembrance of the victory and deaths of war heroes. The oldest war memorial in the world is found in Oxford city of United Kingdom. It was built in 1435 in memory of those killed in the war with France. Many nations saw massive devastation during World War 1 and war memorials became very common since then.

During British rule, thousands of Indian soldiers joined the British Indian Army during World War 1. Though England won this war against Germany the victory came after the loss of millions of soldiers including 70,000 Indian soldiers. India Gate was constructed in 1931 in memory of these brave soldiers.

Since independence in 1947, India faced several wars with neighbouring countries like Pakistan and China. Though several decades have passed after independence and many political parties came into power but none of them decided to have a war memorial in the memory of the killed war heroes. Recently in 2019 government of India inaugurated the country's first National War Memorial which is spread across 40 acres in the heart of Delhi.

National War Memorial of India includes the name of martyrs killed in below war and military operations:

• The Indo - Pakistani war in 1947
• The Annexation of Goa in 1961
• The Sino - Indian war in 1962
• The Indo - Pakistani war in 1965
• The Indo - Pakistani war in 1971
• The Indo - Pakistani war on Siachin conflict in 1985
• Operation Pawan of Sri Lanka in 1987
• Kargil war in 1999
• Operation Rakshak in 2005

This memorial has now become a distinct place to celebrate the war victories and pay respect to the sacrifices of martyrs. National War Museum is also getting in shape near this war memorial.