Chandigarh

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city union territory of India

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.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Chandigarh canonical 105
Union Territory of Chandigarh 15
Chandigarh, India 6

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 ⓘ
Secretariat Building, Chandigarh ⓘ
surface form: Chandigarh High Court building

Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh ⓘ
surface form: Chandigarh Legislative Assembly building

Secretariat Building, Chandigarh ⓘ
surface form: 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 language ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Punjab region

Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
surface form: 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 (136)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Le Corbusier → workLocation → Chandigarh ⓘ
Punjabi language → spokenIn → Chandigarh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chandigarh, India
Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh → locatedIn → Chandigarh ⓘ
High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh → locatedIn → Chandigarh ⓘ
subject surface form: High Court of Punjab and Haryana
High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh → locatedIn → Chandigarh ⓘ
subject surface form: High Court of Punjab and Haryana
this entity surface form: Union Territory of Chandigarh
High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh → servesJurisdiction → Chandigarh ⓘ
subject surface form: High Court of Punjab and Haryana
this entity surface form: Union Territory of Chandigarh
northern India → containsCity → Chandigarh ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern India
Le Modulor → usedInWork → Chandigarh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chandigarh urban plan
La Ville Radieuse → influenced → Chandigarh ⓘ
Haryana → capital → Chandigarh ⓘ
Haryana → hasUnionTerritoryCapital → Chandigarh ⓘ
Ambala Central Jail → nearbyCity → Chandigarh ⓘ
Punjabi cinema → hasMajorCenter → Chandigarh ⓘ
Ambala → locatedNear → Chandigarh ⓘ
Ambala → nearestMajorCity → Chandigarh ⓘ
Union territories of India → hasPart → Chandigarh ⓘ
Union territories of India → includesUnionTerritoryWithoutLegislature → Chandigarh ⓘ
Government of Punjab → hasCapital → Chandigarh ⓘ
Government of Punjab → highCourtSeat → Chandigarh ⓘ
Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association → locatedIn → Chandigarh ⓘ
Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association → jurisdiction → Chandigarh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Territory of Chandigarh
Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association → regionServed → Chandigarh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Territory of Chandigarh
Open Hand Monument → location → Chandigarh ⓘ
Open Hand Monument → associatedWith → Chandigarh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chandigarh city planning
Open Hand Monument → city → Chandigarh ⓘ
Open Hand Monument → region → Chandigarh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Territory of Chandigarh
Secretariat Building, Chandigarh → locatedIn → Chandigarh ⓘ
Secretariat Building, Chandigarh → region → Chandigarh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Territory of Chandigarh
Pierre Jeanneret → residence → Chandigarh ⓘ
Hindi Belt → includesState → Chandigarh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Territory of Chandigarh
Solan → distanceFrom → Chandigarh ⓘ
Solan → nearbyCity → Chandigarh ⓘ
Hisar district → stateCapital → Chandigarh ⓘ
Rohtak district → stateCapital → Chandigarh ⓘ
Governor of Haryana → seat → Chandigarh ⓘ
Chief Minister of Haryana → seat → Chandigarh ⓘ
Chief Minister of Haryana → residesIn → Chandigarh ⓘ
Government of Haryana → capital → Chandigarh ⓘ
Ambala Cantonment railway station → connectsTo → Chandigarh ⓘ
Beas town → stateCapital → Chandigarh ⓘ
subject surface form: Beas
Ambala district → locatedNear → Chandigarh ⓘ
Panchkula → adjacentTo → Chandigarh ⓘ
Panchkula → urbanAgglomerationWith → Chandigarh ⓘ
Panchkula → connectedByRailTo → Chandigarh ⓘ
Panchkula → locatedNearUnionTerritory → Chandigarh ⓘ
Punjabi Brahmin → diaspora → Chandigarh ⓘ
Punjabi music industry → notableCity → Chandigarh ⓘ
Albert Mayer → workLocation → Chandigarh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chandigarh region
Chandi Mandir (temple of the goddess Chandi) → locatedNear → Chandigarh ⓘ
subject surface form: Chandi Mandir
Chandi Mandir (temple of the goddess Chandi) → protectorDeityOf → Chandigarh ⓘ
subject surface form: Chandi Mandir