The Amar Jawan Jyoti flame at the India Gate in Delhi has been merged with the flame at the National War Memorial.
The central government called it “historic” for India.
A short ceremony was orgnised in which a part of the Amar Jawan Jyoti flame was taken and merged with the flame at the NWM, which is just 400 meters away on the other side of India Gate.
Integrated Defence Staff chief Air Marshal Balabadhra Radha Krishna, presided over the function and carried out the significant move of merging the two flames.