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The Mutiny Memorial, now known as Ajitgarh, is a memorial situated on the Ridge New Delhi.List of Monuments of National Importance
Archaeological Survey of India. It was built in memory of all those who had fought in the Delhi Field Force, British and Indian, during the Indian Revolt of 1857.
The memorial was built in the Gothic style in red sandstone, with four tiers rising from an octagonal base. The lowest tier consists of seven faces containing memorial plaques and one face holding the stairs to the upper tiers.
The memorial was built to be just taller than the Ashoka Pillar, which is situated away.Morris J. Winchester, S (1983) Stones Of Empire: The Buildings of the Raj, Oxford University Press, P191
Heritage walk through Delhi Ridge
British military memorials and cemeteries Indian military memorials and cemeteries Gothic Revival architecture in India New Delhi Monuments of National Importance in Delhi 1863 establishments in India
The Mutiny Memorial, now known as Ajitgarh, is a memorial situated on the Ridge New Delhi.List of Monuments of National ImportanceArchaeological Survey of India. It was built in memory of all those who had fought in the Delhi Field Force, British and Indian, during the Indian Revolt of 1857.
History
Erected by the Public Works Department at government expense in 1863, the memorial was hastily designed and constructed. It received much public criticism on completion. In 1972, the 25th anniversary of India's independence, the Indian government renamed the monument 'Ajitgarh' ('Place of the Unvanquished') and erected a plaque stating that the 'enemy' mentioned on the memorials were 'immortal martyrs for Indianfreedom
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Architecture
The memorial was built in the Gothic style in red sandstone, with four tiers rising from an octagonal base. The lowest tier consists of seven faces containing memorial plaques and one face holding the stairs to the upper tiers.
The memorial was built to be just taller than the Ashoka Pillar, which is situated away.Morris J. Winchester, S (1983) Stones Of Empire: The Buildings of the Raj, Oxford University Press, P191
Location
The Mutiny Memorial is located in front of Old Telegraph Building, Kashmiri Gate. you can entre in thememorial
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by the entrance gate opposite to Bara Hindu Rao
Raja Hindu Rao was a Maratha nobleman, the brother-in-law of Maharaja Daulat Rao Scindia of Gwalior State, Gwalior, and the brother of Baiza Bai, the regent of the Indian princely state of Gwalior. Following the Revolt of 1857, he shifted to Delh ...
Hospital, near to Delhi University campus in New Delhi.
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British military memorials and cemeteries Indian military memorials and cemeteries Gothic Revival architecture in India New Delhi Monuments of National Importance in Delhi 1863 establishments in India