Chandigarh

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Chandigarh is a planned city in northern India, renowned for its modernist architecture and urban design largely conceived by the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf city
union territory of India
administrativeStatus union territory directly governed by the Government of India
administratorTitle Administrator of Chandigarh
architect Le Corbusier
constructionStart 1950s
coordinates approximately 30.74°N 76.79°E
country India
designedPeriod post-independence India
etymology name means 'fortress of Chandi' in Hindi/Punjabi
famousLandmark Capitol Complex
Chandigarh High Court building
Chandigarh Legislative Assembly building
Chandigarh Secretariat building
Open Hand Monument
Rock Garden of Chandigarh
Sukhna Lake
governmentType union territory administration
isCapitalOf Haryana
Punjab
knownFor being a planned city
modernist architecture
urban planning
legislature no separate state legislature
locatedIn India
northern India
namedAfter Chandi Mandir (temple of the goddess Chandi)
near Himalayan foothills
nearbyState Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Punjab
officialLanguage English
Hindi
Punjabi
originalPlanner Albert Mayer
planner Le Corbusier
planningPrinciple modernist urbanism
zoning of land uses
populationRankInIndia one of the smaller union territories by population
region Punjab region
Shivalik foothills
roleInIndia first planned city of independent India
stateOrUTCapitalOf Haryana
Punjab
timezone Indian Standard Time
urbanDesignFeature grid plan
sector-based layout
separation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic
utcOffset +5:30

Referenced by (37)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
High Court of Punjab and Haryana
High Court of Punjab and Haryana ("Union Territory of Chandigarh")
Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh
Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association
Secretariat Building, Chandigarh
locatedIn
Ambala Central Jail
Solan
nearbyCity
Open Hand Monument ("Union Territory of Chandigarh")
Secretariat Building, Chandigarh ("Union Territory of Chandigarh")
region
Chief Minister of Haryana
Governor of Haryana
seat
Hisar district
Rohtak district
stateCapital
Open Hand Monument ("Chandigarh city planning")
associatedWith
Haryana
capital
Open Hand Monument
city
Northern India
containsCity
Solan
distanceFrom
Government of Punjab
hasCapital
Punjabi cinema
hasMajorCenter
Union territories of India
hasPart
Haryana
hasUnionTerritoryCapital
Government of Punjab
highCourtSeat
Hindi Belt ("Union Territory of Chandigarh")
includesState
Union territories of India
includesUnionTerritoryWithoutLegislature
La Ville Radieuse
influenced
Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association ("Union Territory of Chandigarh")
jurisdiction
Ambala
locatedNear
Open Hand Monument
location
Ambala
nearestMajorCity
Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association ("Union Territory of Chandigarh")
regionServed
Pierre Jeanneret
residence
Chief Minister of Haryana
residesIn
High Court of Punjab and Haryana ("Union Territory of Chandigarh")
servesJurisdiction
Punjabi language ("Chandigarh, India")
spokenIn
Le Modulor ("Chandigarh urban plan")
usedInWork
Le Corbusier
workLocation

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