What is the significance of the India Gate at New Delhi?

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http://www.terragalleria.com/images/india/indi38523.jpeg The India Gate is a war memorial in New Delhi commemorating the dead of the First World War.

The India Gate today also houses the Indian Army Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Amar Jawan Jyoti. Situated on the Rajpath New Delhi,the India Gate was originally called the All India War Memorial is a monument built by Edwin Lutyens to commemorate the Indian soldiers who died in World War I and the Afghan Wars. The foundation stone was laid on 10 February 1921by the Duke of Connaught.The names of the soldiers who died in these wars are inscribed on the walls. It was completed in 1931. Another additional 13,516 names engraved on the arch and foundations form a separate memorial to the British and Indian soldiers killed on the North-West Frontier in the Afghan War of 1919.

When My Fingers Grow Back?

A man came out of his home to admire his new truck. To his puzzlement, his three-year-old son was happily hammering dents into the shiny paint.

The man ran to his son, knocked him away, hammered the little boy's hands into a pulp as punishment. When the father calmed down, he rushed his son to the hospital.

Rising Disparity

In order to bring to the notice of our readers the true face of the Indian society that never finds place in the media that is busy talking about the latest and the biggest things that Indians are doing around the world we have a few facts here. Gross national apathy towards the plight of the suffering and the poor is clearly brought out in the figures below. We have simply refused to admit and accept the plight of our people over the years .

Conclusion

Many causes have been advanced why farmers are killing themselves. One is, they are killing themselves to get compensation. This disgusting explanation is in vogue in Maharashtra. What do you do with Rs. one lakh? Do you have a wild party when you are dead?

Need of the hour

https://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2015-12/suicide-generic_650x400_81449553122.jpgPolicies and Relief based on Report from National Commission on Farmers.
Price Stabilization Fund

Fund for important agricultural commodities the way we have it for petroleum. We do have a Price Stabilisation Fund in the case of petroleum.

Don't We All

I was parked in front of the mall wiping off my car. I had just come from the car wash and was waiting for my wife to get out of work. Coming my way from across the parking lot was what society would consider a bum.

From the looks of him, he had no car, no home, no clean clothes, and no money.