Know about India Gate in Delhi
Want to know about India Gate? India Gate is located in Eastern side of Rajpath marg. This is a world war memorial that includes more than 80,000 soldiers of Indian Army who sacrificed their lives in world war first during the period of 1914 to 1921. This monument is 42 meters in height, 9.1 meters in width, 625 meters in diameters and 306,000 meter square in area. It has been designed by Edwin Lutyens, who was chief architect of the city at that time. There is a flame known as Amar JawanJyoti that keeps on enlightening round the clock. People come to see this monument from different regions but the best time to visit India Gate is in the evening between 6pm to 9pm when it gets dark.
Driving distance between New Delhi railway station and India Gate is around 4.2 kilometers. It takes 13 minutes to reach this monument if you are travelling by car or taxi. New Delhi metro station is nearby New Delhi railway station so you can also reach India Gate by Delhi metro. Nearest metro station which is close to India Gate is Central Secretariat metro station. India Gate is around 1.7 kilometers from Central Secretariat metro station.
How to reach Central Secretariat metro station from Vaishali metro station? This metro station is on blue line of Delhi metro which serves localities of Ghaziabad regions. First you need to board in metro from platform number 2 towards Rajiv Chowk metro station. Interchange the metro at Mandi House on violet line. It is the second metro station, Central Secretariat towards Badarpur metro station. You can take e-rickshaw or taxi to reach India Gate from metro station. Distance that has been covered from Vaishali metro station to Central Secretariat is around 18 kilometers.
How to reach Central Secretariat metro station from Kashmiri Gate metro station? Kashmiri Gate is one largest metro stations in Delhi and adjacent to Kashmiri Gate Interstate bus terminus(ISBT). If you want to reach India Gate you need to board in metro at yellow line and take metro going to Huda CIty Centre. Central Secretariat metro station is on the yellow Patel Chowk metro station. Central Secretariat metro station is 8 kilometers away from Kashmiri Gate metro station. You have to pay 30 rupees toreach Central Secretariat metro station in 15 minutes.
How to reach Central Secretariat metro station from Huda City Centre metro station? Huda City Centre metro station is located in Gurgaon in Haryana. Travelling Distance between Huda city Centre and Central Secretariat metro station is around 26 kilometers. You can reach Central Secretariat metro station in around 50 minutes with 50 rupees of travel fare.
Places to visit around India Gate
There are so many places nearby India Gate where you can come to visit, some of them are Red Fort, Raj Ghat Gandhi Memorial, Cinema Regal, Gurudwara Bangla Sahib Temple, Jama Masjid, Janpath Market and Lodhi Garden.