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[[File:Mutiny Memorial 2012 Pallav-journo.jpg|right|thumb|Mutiny Memorial in 2012]]<br />
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 those who had fought in the Delhi Field Force, British and Indian, during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].<ref name=toi10>{{cite news |title= Mutiny Memorial in true colours|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-12/delhi/28303650_1_monument-intach-delhi-chapter-chemical-cleaning |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=dead |archive-date=19 October 2013 |newspaper= [[The Times of India]]|date= 12 August 2010 |access-date=25 August 2012}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
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 [[Martyr|martyrs]] for Indian [[freedom]]'.<ref>Llewellyn-Jones, R (2007) The Great Uprising in India, 1857-58:<br />
Untold Stories, Indian and British, Boydell & Brewer, P202-3</ref><br />
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==Architecture==<br />
[[File:The Mutiny Memorial in Delhi is a monument to British officers..jpg|thumb|right|upright|The Mutiny Memorial in 1870]]<br />
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><br />
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The memorial was built to be just taller than the [[Pillars of Ashoka|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><br />
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== Location ==<br />
The Mutiny Memorial is located in front of Old [[Telegraphy|Telegraph]] Building, [[Kashmiri Gate, Delhi|Kashmiri Gate]]. you can entre in the [[memorial]] by the entrance gate opposite to Bara [[Raja Hindu Rao|Hindu Rao]] Hospital, near to [[Delhi University]] campus in [[New Delhi]]. <br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article3761503.ece Heritage walk through Delhi Ridge]<br />
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