The Mutiny Memorial, now known as

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, is a memorial situated on the Ridge

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.List of Monuments of National Importance

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. It was built in memory of all those who had fought in the Delhi Field Force, British and Indian, during the

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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

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for Indian freedom'.

Architecture

The Mutiny Memorial in Delhi is a monument to British officers

The memorial was built in the Gothic style in red

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, 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

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, 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

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Building, Kashmiri Gate. you can entre in the

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by the entrance gate opposite to Bara

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Hospital, near to

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campus in

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