The Amar Jawan Jyoti at the India Gate was merged with the eternal flame at the National War Memorial (NWM). In which year Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the NWM, where names of 25,942 soldiers have been inscribed in golden letters on granite tablets?

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The Amar Jawan Jyoti at the India Gate was merged with the eternal flame at the National War Memorial (NWM). After India defeated Pakistan in the 1971 war, the Amar Jawan Jyoti was constructed as a memorial for Indian soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice. It was inaugurated by the then prime minister, Indira Gandhi, on January 26, 1972. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on February 25, 2019, inaugurated the NWM, where names of 25,942 soldiers have been inscribed in golden letters on granite tablets.