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India Gate

Triumphal arch in New Delhi
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Summary

India Gate is a triumphal arch[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of triumphal arch entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,011 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: New Delhi district[3]
  • Country: India[4]
  • Instance of: Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained memorial[5]
  • Architect: Edwin Lutyens[6]
  • Commons category: India Gate[7]
  • Commemorates: killed in action[8], Ethel Saxon[9], World War I[10]
  • Inception: February 12, 1931[11]
  • Heritage designation: NDMC Heritage Building Grade I[12]
  • Date of official opening: February 12, 1931[13]
  • Unveiled by: Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax[14]
  • Native label: इंडिया गेट[15]
  • Different from: Gateway of India[16]
  • Height: 42 m[17]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wiki Loves Monuments in India[18]

Why It Matters

India Gate has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax Edwin Lutyens India

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Commonwealth War Graves Commission database. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Arch2bot bot · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → triumphal arch, Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained memorial
    Inception → —
    Heritage designation → NDMC Heritage Building Grade I
    Architect → Edwin Lutyens
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ Structurae structure id: 20023509, Add archINFORM reference"
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