Government has merged the flame of the Amar Jawan Jyoti with the flame at National War Memorial. The eternal flame of Amar Jawan Jyoti was lit in which year?

• A. 1952
• B. 1949
• C. 1980
• D. 1972

Answer: (D)

The eternal flame of Amar Jawan Jyoti was lit on the Republic Day of 1972 by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in memory of soldiers who laid their lives during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war.