On the way to the last station Darjeeling, the train passes through Batasia Loop, another engineering feat where the train takes a spiral loop to negotiate a steep descent of about 1,000ft. From the garden of the Batasia, the view of Kanchenjungha snow peaks and Darjeeling town landscape is just a treat to watch. Darjeeling hills has a high concentration of Indian Army servicemen and ex-servicemen. Since independence in 1947, seventy-six brave soldiers of the Darjeeling area have laid down their lives for their motherland. In 1976, Manish Gupta, then Deputy Commissioner of Darjeeling took the initiative to build a War Memorial.In 1984, Batasia was selected as the site of the War Memorial. The War Memorial consists of a sanctified raised oval platform with a 9 ft high bronze statue and a 30 ft high triangular granite cenotaph, on a 3 ft octagonal base, with the Roll of honour engraved on it.