NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL (NWM)

About: 

• Objective: To honour the around 26,000 soldiers who have made the supreme sacrifice in wars and operations since Independence. 
  
  
• Location: The NWM adjoins the India Gate complex on Rajpath. 
  
  
• Background: in October 2015, The Ministry of Defence, Government of India has sanctioned the construction of a National War Memorial and National War Museum in New Delhi. 
  
  
• Features: 
  • The landscape-style NWM, consists of four landscaped concentric circles around a 15-metre tall central obelisk with the eternal flame, bronze and stone murals, graphic panels and busts of the 21 Param Vir Chakra awardees. 
    
    
  • The four concentric circles are christened the Amar Chakra, Veerta Chakra, Tyag Chakra and Suraksha Chakra, with the names of around 26,000 fallen soldiers inscribed on 1.5-metre high walls. 
    
    
  • India records around 100 battle casualties every year in counter-insurgency and other operations. Their names will continue to be added to the NWM in an ongoing process.