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London: Cenotaph war memorial

Hiroshima, Japan: Peace Memorial Park

Remembrance Sunday

Cenotaph of Sakhya Raja, one of the Sindhia rulers, in Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, India

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Key People

Andrea del Verrocchio: David

Andrea del Verrocchio

Italian painter and sculptor

Rashtrapati Bhavan and the Jaipur Column

Sir Edwin Lutyens

British architect