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Amar Jawan Jyoti to be lit at Jallianwala Bagh

A flame, like the one at Amar Jawan Jyoti at New Delhi's India Gate, will be lit at the historic Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar on Saturday in the memory of the martyrs.

The Jallianwala Bagh Amar Jyoti, as it would be called, would be lit by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Union Petroleum Minister Ram Naik, a state government spokesman said in Chandigarh on Friday.

Work on this project commenced in June 1998 to commemorate the Golden Jubilee year of the country's Independence.

Jallianwala Bagh Trust had earmarked space in the monument area for the construction of the Amar Jyoti after receiving approval from the Department of Cultural Affairs.

PTI

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