The Amar Jawan Jyoti or "eternal flame" for soldiers was put out at India Gate in Delhi on Friday, 50 years after it was first lit, and merged with the torch at the National War Memorial in a military ceremony.
The flame was taken from India Gate by a ceremonial guard to the new memorial around 400 metres away in the heart of the capital.
The Amar Jawan Jyoti or flame of the immortal soldier was installed at the India Gate after the 1971 India-Pakistan war that led to the creation of independent Bangladesh.
It had burned ever since, fuelled first by cylinders of liquified petroleum gas and later with piped gas, according to AFP.
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