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The India Gate is one of the largest war memorials in India. Situated in the heart of New Delhi, India Gate was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. Originally known as All India War Memorial, it is a prominent landmark in Delhi and commemorates the 90,000 soldiers of the erstwhile British Indian Army who lost their lives fighting for the Indian Empire in First World War and the Afghan Wars. Originally, a statue of king George V had stood under the now-vacant canopy in front of the India Gate, and was removed to Coronation Park with other statues. Following India's independence, India Gate be- came the site of the Indian Army's Tomb of the unknown soldier, known as the Amar Jawan Jyoti (Immortal Soldier).

Whose statue was there at India Gate before independence?

A) Indian soldiers

B) King George

C) Queen Elizabeth

D) All of these

E) None of these