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Victory War Memorial

Chennai, India

Victory War Memorial, formerly called the Cupid's bow, is an obelisk memorial in Chennai, India, originally constructed to commemorate the victory of the Allied Armies during World War I (1914–1918) and later became the victory war memorial for World War II (1939–1945), erected in the memory of those from the Madras presidency who died in the wars. Later additions include inscriptions for the Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948 and the Sino-Indian War.

Monument data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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