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War Memorial of the First War of Independence, 1857
Ambala Cantt, Haryana · 30.34°N 76.84°E
- Client
- PWD (B&R), Ambala
- Location
- Ambala Cantt, Haryana
- Sector
- Memorials & Culture
- Status
- Completed
- Project cost
- ₹350.20 Cr
- Built-up area
- 42,894 sqm
- Period
- 2016 – 2026
- Services
- Architecture, Structure, MEP
A memorial and museum honouring the martyrs of the First War of Independence, which began at Ambala Cantonment in 1857. At 42,894 sqm and ₹350 crore, it is the largest completed project in the practice.
The central memorial takes the form of a lotus bud. It recalls that the uprising at Ambala was suppressed at the bud stage, before it could bloom. Water channels and colonnades lead visitors across the site toward the lotus at its centre.
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