Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the iconic National War Memorial, spread over 40 acres in the India Gate complex. He lighted the flame positioned at the bottom of the stone-made obelisk.
Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Lt Gen PS Rajeshwar, during a briefing here, also said the Amar Jawan Jyoti built in 1972 underneath the India Gate arch to commemorate soldiers martyred in the Indo-Pak War of 1971, will continue to be there.