Mutiny Memorial (Ajitgarh)

The Mutiny Memorial on the Ridge in Delhi was erected in 1863 by the British Raj's Public Works Department to commemorate the Delhi Field Force of the 1857 revolt, and it lists some of the British officers and soldiers who were killed. Designed and built in a hurry, it drew heavy public criticism once finished. In 1972, the 25th anniversary of independence, the Indian government renamed it Ajitgarh, 'place of the unvanquished', and added a plaque explaining that the 'enemy' of its inscriptions were those who rose against colonial rule in 1857.

The Gothic tower is of red sandstone and rises in four tiers from an octagonal base. Seven faces of the lowest tier carry memorial plaques, while the eighth holds the stairs to the upper levels. It was made just taller than the Ashoka Pillar, which stands 200 m away. The memorial faces the Old Telegraph Building, Kashmiri Gate, and its entrance gate is opposite Bara Hindu Rao Hospital, in Civil Lines.