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Chandigarh pronunciation, is a union
territory of India, that serves as the capital of two
states, Haryana and Punjab. The name translates to English
as "The Fort of Chandi". The name was coined from an ancient
temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Goddess Chandi,
present in the city's vicinity. It is occasionally referred
to as The City Beautiful. Chandigarh Capital Region
including Mohali, Panchkula and Zirakpur had a combined
population of 1165111 (1.16 million) as per the 2001 census.
Known internationally for its
architecture and urban planning, It is the first planned
city of India. Chandigarh is home to numerous architectural
projects of Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Matthew Nowicki,
and Albert Mayer. The city tops the list of Indian States
and Union Territories with the highest per capita income in
the country at Rs 110,676 per year (Rs 44,502 in 2000).
History
After the partition of British India into the two
nations of India and Pakistan in 1947, the region of Punjab
was also split between India and Pakistan. The Indian state
of Punjab required a new capital city to replace Lahore,
which became part of Pakistan during the partition. After
several plans to make additions to existing cities were
found to be infeasible for various reasons, the decision to
construct a new and planned city was undertaken. Of all the
new town schemes in independent India, the Chandigarh
project quickly assumed prime significance, because of the
city's strategic location as well as the personal interest
of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent
India. Commissioned by Nehru to reflect the new nation's
modern, progressive outlook, Nehru famously proclaimed
Chandigarh to be "unfettered by the traditions of the past,
a symbol of the nation's faith in the future." Several
buildings and layouts in Chandigarh were designed by the
French (born Swiss) architect and urban planner, Le
Corbusier, in the 1950s. Le Corbusier was in fact the second
architect of the city, after the initial master plan was
prepared by the American architect-planner Albert Mayer who
was working with the Poland-born architect Matthew Nowicki.
It was only after Nowicki's untimely death in 1950 that Le
Corbusier was pulled into the project.
On 15 July 2007, Chandigarh became the first Indian city to
go smoke-free. Smoking at public places has been strictly
prohibited and considered as a punishable act by Chandigarh
Administration. That was followed up by a complete ban on
polythene bags with effect from 2 October 2008, the birthday
of Mahatma Gandhi.
Geography and Climate
Chandigarh is located near the foothills of the Shivalik
range of the Himalayas in Northwest India. It covers an area
of approximately 44 sq mi or 114 km². and shares its borders
with the states of Haryana in the east and Punjab in the
north, west and south. The exact cartographic co-ordinates
of Chandigarh are 30.74°N 76.79°E. It has an average
elevation of 321 metres (1053 ft).
The surrounding districts are of Ambala and Panchkula in
Haryana and Mohali, Patiala and Ropar in Punjab. The
boundary of the state of Himachal Pradesh is not too far
from its north. Chandigarh has a sub-tropical continental
monsoon climate characterized by a seasonal rhythm: hot
summers, slightly cold winters, unreliable rainfall and
great variation in temperature (-1 °C to 41.2 °C). In
winter, frost sometimes occurs during December and January.
The average annual rainfall is 1110.7 mm. The city also
receives occasional winter rains from the west.
Education
Chandigarh is known for its quality school education.
The schools are affiliated to different types of school
curricula. The prominent colleges in Chandigarh include
GGDSD College, DAV College, MCM DAV College, Government
College for Girls and Boys and Government Teacher Training
College. There are model schools set up by the government in
various sectors, originally aimed to cater the needs of each
sector. It is a major study hub for students all over
Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, J&K, Punjab, Uttaranchal, and
also for students from South-East Asia.
Chandigarh also houses many prominent institutes of higher
learning, such as:
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Chandigarh College of Architecture
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Government College of Fine Arts,
Sector 10
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IMTECH (Institute for Microbial
Technology)
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Indo Swiss Training Centre
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National Institute of Technical
Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR)
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Panjab University
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PGIMER (Postgraduate Institute for
Medical Education and Research)
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Punjab Engineering College
Also located in neighbouring Mohali is
the Chandigarh College of Pharmacy (CCP) and Chandigarh
College of Hotel Management and Catering Technology (CCHM).The
Indian Institute of Science Education Research (IISER)
Mohali has been recently established to carry out research
in frontier areas of science and provide quality science
education at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. The
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research
(NIPER) located in nearby Mohali is the first national level
institute in pharmaceutical sciences with a proclaimed
objective of becoming a center of excellence for advanced
studies and research in pharmaceutical sciences.
Chandigarh's satellite town of Mohali is home for Center for
Development of Advanced Computing's northmost branch C-DAC
Mohali that is engaged in research on state-of-the-art
topics including Telemedicine.
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Transport
Chandigarh has the largest number of vehicles per capita.
Wide, well maintained roads and ample parking space all over
the city, make it convenient to use private vehicles for
local transport. Public buses run by the Chandigarh
Transport Undertaking (CTU), an undertaking of the
Chandigarh Administration, provide local transport as well
as inter-state transport services. The Chandigarh Traffic
Police oversees the implementation of the traffic rules, and
is widely credited for a fairly orderly traffic system. The
Traffic Park in Sector 23 introduces children,
rickshaw-pullers and new drivers to traffic safety.
Rickshaws are common for traveling short distances,
especially by school-going children, housewives and the
elderly. Auto-rickshaws are limited, and most often ply to
and from the ISBT. Most heavy traffic roads now have
rickshaw lanes, which the rickshaw-pullers must adhere to
compulsorily. The city also boasts of a well established
network of modern radio cabs . Chandigarh is well connected
by road. The two main National Highways (NH) connecting
Chandigarh with the rest of the country are: NH 22 (Ambala -
Kalka - Shimla - Kinnaur) and NH 21 (Chandigarh - Leh).
Chandigarh has two Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT), one for
the North, East and South located in Sector 17, which has
regular bus services to most major cites in Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, as well as the national
capital Delhi, which is about 240 km away. And a second in
Sector 43 for the Western section, mainly Punjab, some parts
of Himachal and Jammu and Kashmir. Chandigarh has a railway
station located about 10 km. away from the ISBT. Regular
train connections are available to the national capital New
Delhi and to some other junctions like Ambala, Amritsar,
Bhiwani, Chennai, Howrah, Kalka, Lucknow, Mumbai, Patna, Sri
Ganganagar and Trivandrum. Chandigarh also has a domestic
airport located nearly 12 kilometers from the ISBT. Its name
is Chandigarh Airport. Air India, Jet Airways, JetLite and
Kingfisher Airlines operate regular flights from Chandigarh
to New Delhi and Mumbai. The airport is under process of
becoming an international airport and is negotiating with
several airlines including Kingfisher and SilkAir for
international flights to Bangkok and Singapore, among other
South East Asian countries
In the near future, the city will also see a Metro Rail[19],
and an international airport. They are both approved by the
governments, and are now at the design step to finalize the
project design.
Sporting Venues and Gardens
Chandigarh is home to numerous intra country sporting
teams in tournaments like PHL and IPL. The city has built
upon this achievements a network of sound infrastructure
ranging from stadium to training camps. This include the
entire gamut from cricket stadiums, swimming pools, shooting
ranges to skating rinks and hockey stadiums. Chandigarh also
has gardens across the entire city. The most famous being
the Rose Garden.
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STD Code
0172
Pin Code
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Sector 08 Po 160009
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Ctor09 Po 160009
• Sector 10 Po 160011
• Sector 11 Po 160011
• Sector 12 Po 160012
• Sector 14 Po 160014
• Sector 15 Po 160015
• Sector 16 Po 160015
• Sector 18 Po 160018
• Sector 19 Po 160019
• Sector 21 Po 160022
• Sector 22 Po 160022
• Sector 23 Po 160023
• Sector 26 Po 160019
• Sector 29 Po 160030
• Sector 30 Po 160030
• Sector 31 Po 160030
• Sector 34 Po 160022
• Sector 35 Po 160035
• Sector 36 Po 160036
• Sector 40 Po 160036
• Sector 44 Po 160047
• Sector 46 Po 160047
• Sector 47 Po 160047
• Sector 55 Po 160055
• Sector 56 Po 160055
• Sector 59 Po 160059
• Sector 60 Po 160059
• Sector 61 Po 160062
• Sector 62 Po 160062
• Sector 65 Po 160062
• Sector 67 Po 160062
• Sector 71 Po 160071
• Aerodrome 160003
• Airforce 160004
• Behlolpur 160014
• Bus Stand 160017
• Chandigarh Gpo 160017
• Dadu Majra 160014
• Dhanas 160014
• Engg College 160012
• Govt Press 160018
• High Court 160001
• Ind Area 160002
• Manimajra 160101
• Manimajra Mt 160101
• Mhc Manimajra 160101
• Naya Gaon 160103
• New Ind Area 160002
• New Sectt 160001
• Raj Bhawan 160019
• Ram Darbar 160002
• Tira Po 160014
• Vidhansadan 160001
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