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The Mutiny Memorial is a monument in New Delhi near Northern Ridge locally known as Ajitgarh or Victory tower. It was built by the British Army in 1862 in memory of British soldiers and natives of the Delhi Field Force killed during the First War of Indian Independence or Sepoy Mutiny in 1857. This octagonal tapering tower of red sandstone is situated just 200 meters away from the Ashoka Pillar. It comprises of typically Victorian Gothic architecture with an octagonal perimeter. Around the building there are several plaques bearing names of 46 officer casualties killed and many more soldiers who died from diseases during the battle. While the tower is of an octagonal shape from the outside, it is circular from within and is raised on a base that is two-tiered. It has an ornamental façade w
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