About Amar Jawan Jyoti:

• Amar Jawan Jyoti (the flame of the immortal soldier), was inaugurated in 1972. It was located underneath the India Gate in Delhi. It was established to mark India’s victory over Pakistan in the 1971 War, which resulted in the creation of Bangladesh.
• The key elements of the Amar Jawan Jyoti included a black marble plinth, a cenotaph, which acted as a tomb of the unknown soldier.
• The plinth had an inverted L1A1 self-loading rifle with a bayonet, on top of which was a soldier’s war helmet.
• The installation had four urns on it, with four burners. These burners were called the eternal flame, and it was never allowed to be extinguished.

Source: EPIC February 2022