{{Short description|Military memorial in India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}} {{Coord|28|40|16|N|77|12|38|E|display=title}} thumb|The Mutiny Memorial in Jan 2019 right|thumb|Mutiny Memorial in 2012
The '''Mutiny Memorial''', now known as Ajitgarh, is a memorial situated on the Ridge New Delhi.<ref name="ASI MNI">[http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_alphalist.asp List of Monuments of National Importance] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627005558/http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_alphalist.asp |date=27 June 2014 }} Archaeological Survey of India.</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/south_asia_indian_mutiny_/html/7.stm Mutiny Memorial] BBC News.</ref> It was built in memory of all the British soldiers who had fought in the Delhi Field Force, during the Indian Revolt of 1857 and Indians warriors were called as enemies.<ref name=toi10>{{cite news |title= Mutiny Memorial in true colours|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Mutiny-Memorial-in-true-colours/articleshow/6296419.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019111541/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-12/delhi/28303650_1_monument-intach-delhi-chapter-chemical-cleaning |url-status=live |archive-date=19 October 2013 |newspaper= The Times of India|date= 12 August 2010 |access-date=25 August 2012}}</ref>
==History== Erected by the Public Works Department of the British Raj 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 Indian freedom'.<ref>Llewellyn-Jones, R (2007) The Great Uprising in India, 1857–58: Untold Stories, Indian and British, Boydell & Brewer, P202-3</ref>
==Architecture== thumb|right|upright|The Mutiny Memorial in 1870 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.<ref>Llewellyn-Jones, R (2007) The Great Uprising in India, 1857–58: Untold Stories, Indian and British, Boydell & Brewer, P202</ref>
The memorial was built to be just taller than the Ashoka Pillar, which is situated {{convert|200|m}} away.<ref>Morris J. Winchester, S (1983) Stones Of Empire: The Buildings of the Raj, Oxford University Press, P191</ref>
== Location == The Mutiny Memorial is located in front of Old Telegraph Building, Kashmiri Gate. You can enter into the memorial by the entrance gate opposite to Bara Hindu Rao Hospital, near to Delhi University campus in New Delhi.
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==External links== {{commons category}} * [http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article3761503.ece Heritage walk through Delhi Ridge]
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