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Chandigarh, named after the Goddess Chandi, the city was carved out of thick jungle, which is now home to over six lakh people.Chandigarh - India's youngest city was planned by the famous French architect Le Corbusier,its foundation stone was laid in the year 1952.
Chandigarh is the capital of the States of Punjab and Haryana but does not belong to either of them.
Chandigarh is known for its Planning and Architecture, Quality of Life, High Educational Level, Pollution-free Environment, Low Crime Rate and Aware and Active Citizens.
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 National Portal of India : Know India : State and UTs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Chandigarh is becoming one of the preferred destinations for technology companies since it affords an excellent quality of life and a competent base of human resource.
Chandigarh Administration has earmarked 135 acres of land for residential facility in the CTP where about 2000 flats are expected to be constructed.
Chandigarh Administration is also in the process of earmarking 20 acres of land in Sector 52 for construction of houses of different categories for U.T. employees.
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 Chandigarh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Governor of the Punjab is the Administrator of Chandigarh.
However, the city of Chandigarh was both on the linguistic and physical border, and was thus created into a union territory to serve as capital of both these states.
Chandigarh is known for its high literacy rate (97%).
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 Chandigarh Travel in India,Chandigarh India Travels,Chandigarh Travel Tourism in India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Chandigarh is the twin capital of the northern states of Punjab and Haryana.
Chandigarh also serves as a convenient base for those seeking to travel to the Northern Indian Hill stations of Shimla, Kullu-Manali, Dharamsala etc and serves as a gateway to the state of Punjab.
Chandigarh city's Museum of Evolution of Life is open from 10.00 a.m.
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Chandigarh is a Union Territory, administered by the Government of India.
Although, the planning of Chandigarh was not intended to be a social revolution, it has nevertheless shaped the psyche of its people-who are more secular, integrated and modern in their outlook.
And Chandigarh succeeds in ushering in a new dawn.
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 Chandigarh - architecture of chandigarh city by french architect Le Corbousier ,maxwellfry,miss jane,b drew,M. Pierre ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Chandigarh provides a contrast to annalic cities of India like Agra, Jaipur, Delhi, and Varanasi etc. This city of 20th century has not only surpassed the colorful architecture of these cities but has supplemented them in significant interests.
The first master plan of Chandigarh city was prepared in 1949 by the American firm of Mayom Whittlesley and glass in association with Mathew Nowicki.
Chandigarh is the dream city of India's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, who once marked in 1952 about Chandigarh.- "Let this be a new town symbolic of freedom of India, unfettered by the tradition of the past expressions of the nation's faith in future."
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 CHANDIGARH
Chandigarh is the 1st planned modern city of India designed by the French architect Le Corbusier.
Chandigarh and the area surrounding it were constituted as a union territory on 1st November, 1966.
Chandigarh is situated at the foot of the Shivalik range.
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 Chandigarh-Introduction
Chandigarh was conceived as the capital of Punjab, in lieu of the lost capital at Lahore.
Chandigarh has become synonymous with a certain kind architecture, alongwith planned landscaping, not found in other cities of India, and not amenable to being strait jacketed.
This vision of Chandigarh, contained in the innumerable conceptual maps on the drawing board together with notes and sketches had to be translated into brick and mortar.
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 Chandigarh History - ChandigarhPulse.com
Chandigarh is a modern city with a pre-historic past.  The gently sloping plain on which  Chandigarh exists, was in the aeons past when the Himalayas were young, a wide lake ringed by a marsh. 
Chandigarh was conceived as the capital of Punjab, in lieu of its lost capital of Lahore after the partition of the country in 1947.
Chandigarh is one of the greatest experiments in urban planning and modern architecture of the twentieth century.
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 Tourism of India - States of India - Chandigarh
Chandigarh, situated at the foothills of the Shivalik hills, is designed by the French architect Le Corbusier.
Chandigarh owes its name to the goddess Chandi Devi, whose temple is situated in the foothills near the city.
The architectural style of the city is represented by the use of unfinished concrete, exposed brickwork and 'brise-soleil' (a lowered screen) that replaces the conventional verandah to keep sunlight away from walls and windows.
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 Official Website of Chandigarh Administration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Chandigarh's infrastructure was originally planned for a population of 5 lakh, but the city has expanded rapidly over the last three decades and faces problems common to other growing cities in India, including the proliferation of slums and squatter settlements.
Chandigarh is emerging as a regional hub in the areas of service industry, education, health, information technology, food and vegetable processing etc. Chandigarh’s plan priorities clearly focus on the targets and objectives contained in the National Common Minimum Programme.
Chandigarh Administration has instituted a consultative process as broad based as possible involving people with varied expertise and experience in specialized subjects in public affairs so that aspirations of all sections of the society are reflected in governmental decisions.
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 Chandigarh Travel Guide, India, Chandigarh City Guide, Chandigarh Hotels
Chandigarh is home to many gardens, the most famous being Rock Garden and Rose Garden.
Chandigarh, like other cities and town in the plains of northern India, is hot in summer.
Mansa Devi and Chandi Mandir: 10 kms from Chandigarh in Panchkula.
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The tranquil and pollution-free environs, shorter distances and the sharp contrasts between dull exteriors and plush interiors are the delight of Chandigarh’s inhabitants.
The union Territory of Chandigarh is the twin capital of the northern states of Punjab and Haryana.
There is a sense of purposeful designing in Chandigarh with a rectilinear alignment of streets, the neat geometrical design of residential quarters, reinforced concrete structures and self-contained area layouts.
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 Book Review: Documenting Chandigarh
Chandigarh is considered as a single cultural entity consisting of zone having common characteristics - "fine grained, low density and fairly homogenous orthogonal grid." Within this generalized matrix, architectural and historical accents are used to identify 14 zones.
The author, Kiran Joshi, who is currently doing her doctoral research on Chandigarh, concludes by raising the concern over the formulation of the conservation policy of the city with regards to its growth and development and seems to signal the agenda of Chandigarh as a heritage city.
Documenting Chandigarh remains true to its name and is of great value in the study of built environment.
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 Chandigarh Yatra, Planned City of Chandigarh, Travel Information on Chandigarh Punjab
Chandigarh is an affluent city pulsating with marvellous eating joints that fill both the stomach and the heart of their guests.
Chandigarh, situated in the northern part of the country is well connected to major destinations all across the country and is an easy access from many parts of the world.
Chandigarh Transport Undertaking and CITCO buses ply to and fro from the railway station to coincide with the arrival and departure of important trains.
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 Chandigarh Press Club
With an aim to raise and recognize the standards of journalism, the Chandigarh Press Club has instituted an award for excellence in investigative reporting for the journalists of the region, as part of it’s silver jubilee celebrations this year.
The Chandigarh Press Club is the first press club in the country to introduce such an award for the journalists.
Chandigarh Press Club is organising a summer workshop for the children of its members from June 1 to June 12, 2004 in the under-mentioned disciplines:-
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 Chandigarh Related Newslinks on IndianNGOs.com
Chandigarh Union Territory, which is the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana has become the "greenest city" of the country with 35.5 per cent of its total 114 square km area being under forest and tree cover, according to an official report.
Chandigarh, More than 45,000 trees, spread over 250 hectares of protected forest areas of Punjab, have been axed in the past six months, as the state government and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) go about with their proposed widening of four highways in the state.
CHANDIGARH: The Union Minister of State for Finance, Pawan Kumar Bansal, on Sunday asserted that while India was progressing on the economic front, it was a matter of concern that the growth in agriculture was around two to three per cent of the GDP.
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 Chandigarh travel guide - Wikitravel
Lahore, the historical capital of Punjab was ceded to Pakistan and Chandigarh was conceived to be a symbol of India's freedom.
Chandigarh is one of the few planned cities in India, the others being Gandhinagar in Gujarat and Dispur in Assam.
Chandigarh serves as a gateway to the state of Himachal Pradesh.
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A new capital city for the State of Punjab was required, and Chandigarh was created to serve this purpose, and even more, be the symbol of faith and confidence for the resurgent republic.
Chandigarh thrives as a palpable city of half a million people – proud of themselves and their duty.
The panorama and pace of nature in Chandigarh varies form the placid to the picturesque – but is never still.
www.indiaprofile.com /destinations/chandigarh.htm   (1662 words)

  
 Chandigarh - Wikipedia
Chandigarh selbst jedoch gehört nicht zu den beiden Staaten, sondern wird als Unionsterritorium von der Zentralregierung in Neu-Delhi aus verwaltet.
Chandigarh ist in sogenannte Sektoren aufgeteilt, der kontrovers diskutierte Architekt Le Corbusier entflocht dabei die städtischen Funktionen zu relativ monokulturlichen Zonen.
Architektonisch ist Chandigarh in mehrfacher Hinsicht sehr reizvoll.
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 Quark: Why Chandigarh?
Chandigarh is well-connected to all important neighboring cities by trains, roadways, and airlines.
Chandigarh is a haven for shoppers, and has several fine restaurants that appeal to individual tastes and palates.
Chandigarh is at the base of the Shivalik hills, and there is usually a quick shower that gives respite from the heat.
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 India Properties - Real Estate India - Indian Property News Site » Chandigarh
Chandigarh, which is renowned for its rock garden, will now have another major hot-spot—a multimedia-cum film city centre, which will be built at an estimated cost of Rs 800 crore —it will not only attract tourists, but will also bring along the Bollywood, who is always on a look-out for new place to shoot.
Chandigarh, the city more populous for its modernism and widely acclaimed for its architecture is rearing to jump into the technology bandwagon.
The booming real estate in Chandigarh is witnessing a number of projects, focusing not only to provide an array of amenities, but also to increase effectiveness of the place.
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 Chandigarh
Chandigarh is spread in an area of 114 sq.
Chandigarh is a grand success story in the annals of modern architecture.
The Rock Garden of Chandigarh has been created by putting together the fossils of ancient life forms found in the Shivalik hills and by recycled waste material.
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