India Gate in New Delhi, designed by Edwin Lutyens, was built as a memorial to the soldiers of the undivided Indian Army who died in:

India Gate (originally called the All India War Memorial) was built in memory of the soldiers of the undivided British Indian Army who died in the First World War (1914-1918) and in the Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919).

About India Gate:

• It was designed by the British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, who also designed much of New Delhi.
• Its foundation stone was laid on 10 February 1921 by the Duke of Connaught.
• It was completed and inaugurated in 1931 by the Viceroy, Lord Irwin.
• It is about 42 metres high, and is built of red and buff sandstone and granite.
• It stands at the eastern end of the Kartavya Path (formerly Rajpath).
• Its design resembles the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
• The names of more than 13,000 soldiers are inscribed on its walls.

India's role in the First World War:

• More than 1.3 million Indian soldiers served in the war, in Europe, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Palestine, East Africa and elsewhere.
• More than 70,000 Indian soldiers died.
• Indian soldiers won many gallantry awards, including several Victoria Crosses; Khudadad Khan was the first Indian to win the Victoria Cross (1914).

The canopy:

• A canopy near India Gate once had a statue of King George V; the statue was removed after Independence.
• In 2022, a statue of Subhas Chandra Bose was installed under the canopy.

The National War Memorial:

• The National War Memorial, near India Gate, was inaugurated in February 2019, in memory of soldiers who died in the wars fought by independent India.
• The flame that burned under India Gate was merged with the flame at the National War Memorial in 2022.

Why not the other options?

• ✗India Gate does not commemorate the soldiers of the Second World War or the Revolt of 1857, and it is not only for the Afghan Wars.