Friday, July 17, 2009

War Memorial -Chennai



Victory War Memorial (Chennai):

Location:
Beach Road, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

The Victory War Memorial is located to the south of Fort St. George. This memorial is also known as ‘Cupid’s Bow’. A circular rock and marble structure was constructed to commemorate the victory of the allied armies during World War I (1914-1918) and later became the victory war memorial for the World War II (1939-1945) in the memory of those from Chennai presidency who lost their lives serving the nation.Now there are inscriptions of 1948 Kashmir Aggression, 1962 War with China and also the Indo Pak War.

The war memorial is situated after the Napier bridge . The view of the circular building around the memorial can be seen clearly .

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