Amar Jawan Jyoti: Eternal Flame in Magnificent Citation!!!

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'Amar Jawan Jyoti,' which has been burning for the past 50 years, will now be lit at the National war Memorial rather than india Gate.


Before Republic Day, the country made a significant historic decision. The amar Jawan Jyoti flame will be merged with the National war Memorial Jyoti on Friday.



A big historic decision has been taken in the country before Republic Day. It is reported that on Friday, the amar Jawan Jyoti flame will be merged with the National war Memorial Jyoti. An officer of the indian Army gave this information on Thursday. 


"At a ceremony on Friday, the amar Jawan Jyoti flame at india gate will be extinguished and merged with the National war Memorial flame," he said.



According to officials, the ceremony will be presided over by Chief of Integrated Defense Staff air Marshal Balabhadra Radha Krishna, who will fuse the flames of both monuments.


The british Government erected the india gate Memorial in memory of the indian soldiers who died between 1914 and 1921. Simultaneously, the amar Jawan Jyoti was incorporated into the memorial structure following India's massive victory over pakistan in the 1970s, in which 93,000 enemy soldiers surrendered.



After a long wait, the narendra modi government built the National war Memorial in the india gate complex, which was inaugurated in 2019. All military ceremonial events were relocated to the war Memorial after it was completed.


The National war Memorial bears the names of India's heroes: The National war Memorial bears the names of all indian defence personnel who died in various operations ranging from the 1947-48 war with pakistan to the Galwan Valley conflict with Chinese troops.



On the memorial's walls are also written the names of soldiers who died in counter-insurgency operations.


The Republic Day parade this year will begin late:

Let us inform you that india will celebrate its 73rd Republic Day on january 26, 2022, and that the Republic Day parade will begin half an hour later than scheduled.



The first tribute will be paid to the security personnel who died in Jammu and Kashmir, and then the parade will begin. Due to the Corona protocol and tribute meeting, the Republic Day parade will be postponed.





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