Chandigarh (The City Beautiful)

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• JATIN SINGH

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TABLES OF CONTENT

• HISTORY
• ABOUT CHANDIGARH
• LANGUAGE
• ECONOMY
• RELIGION
• PLACES TO VISIT IN CHANDIGARH
• EDUCATION
• TRANSPORT
• REFERENCE

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HISTORY

• The city has a pre-historic past. Due to the
  presence of lake, the area has fossil remains
  with imprints of a large variety of aquatic
  plants and animals, and amphibian life, which
  were supported by that environment. As it was a
  part of the Punjab region, it had many rivers
  nearby where the ancient and primitive settling
  of humans began. So, about 8000 years ago, the
  area was also known to be a home to
  the Harappans.
• Chandigarh was the dream city of India's first
  Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. After the
  partition of India in 1947, the former British
  province of Punjab was split between (mostly
  Sikhs) East Punjab in India and (mostly Muslim)
  West Punjab in Pakistan.
• On 1 November 1966, the newly formed state of
  Haryana was carved out of the eastern portion of
  East Punjab, in order to create a new state for
  the majority Haryanvi-speaking people in that
  portion, while the western portion of East Punjab
  retained a mostly Punjabi-speaking majority and
  was renamed as Punjab. Chandigarh was located on
  the border of both states and the states moved to
  incorporate the city into their respective
  territories. However, the city of Chandigarh was
  declared a union territory to serve as capital of
  both states

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ABOUT CHANDIGARH

• Chandigarh, as witnessed today was designed by
  the famous architect of that time Le Corbusier.
• The city is a union territory controlled by the
  Central Government and is the capital of two
  Indian states Haryana and Punjab.
• Chandigarh is the first planned city of our
  country and is spread in an area of approx. 114
  sq. mt.
• It is noticed that the sectors in Chandigarh and
  Panchkula dont have a Sector 13, a superstitious
  belief that the no. 13 is not auspicious.
• The neighboring cities of Chandigarh, Panchkula
  and Mohali are together called the Tricity
• In Chandigarh, you would not notice any statue in
  parks or at the roundabout, a condition of the
  architect Le Corbusier.
• The medieval Chandigarh was the home to the
  Harappan Civilization about 8000 years ago.

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LANGUAGE

• English is the sole official language of
  Chandigarh. The majority of the population speaks
  Hindi (67.53) while Punjabi is spoken by 27.89.

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ECONOMY

• Chandigarh has been rated as the Wealthiest
  Town of India.41 The Reserve Bank of India
  ranked Chandigarh as the Third largest deposit
  center and seventh largest credit Centre
  nationwide as of June 2012. With a per capita
  income of ?99,262, Chandigarh is the richest city
  in India.42 Chandigarh's gross state domestic
  product for 2014-15 is estimated at ?0.29 lakh
  Crore (US4.3 billion) in current prices.
  According to a 2014 survey, Chandigarh is ranked
  4th in the top 50 cities identified globally as
  "emerging outsourcing and IT services
  destinations" ahead of cities like Beijing

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RELIGION

• Hinduism and Sikhism are the prominent religions
  of Chandigarh followed by 80.78 and 13.11
  people respectively. Minorities are Muslims
  4.87, Christians 0.83, Jains 0.19, Buddhists
  0.11, those that didn't state a religion are
  0.10, and others are 0.02.38
• Many institutions serve the minorities in the
  city. One such being the Roman Catholic Diocese
  of Shimla and Chandigarh, serving the Catholics,
  which even has a co-cathedral in the city, Christ
  the King Co-Cathedral, although it never was a
  separate bishopric. Most of the convent schools
  of Chandigarh are governed by this institution.
• Chandigarh hosts many religious places, including
  the temple on which it was named - Chandimandir.
  The ISKCON temple in Sector 36 is one among the
  worship places for Hindus. Nada Sahib Gurudwara,
  a famous place for Sikh worship lies in its
  vicinity.39 Apart from this, there are a couple
  of historical mosques in Manimajra and Burail.

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Places To Visit in Chandigarh

• The List of the
  Places to Visit in Chandigarh.
• Mata mansa Devi Temple
• The Rock Garden of Chandigarh
• Elante mall
• Sukhna Lake
• Chandigarh Rose Garden
• Panjab University
• Government Museum and Art Gallery
• Leisure Valley
• Musical Fountain
• Funcity
• ISKCON Chandigarh Sri Sri Radha Madhav Temple
• Terraced Garden

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EDUCATION

• There are numerous educational institutions in
  Chandigarh. These range from privately and
  publicly operated schools to colleges and the
  Punjab University. Other Institutions are Post
  Graduate Institute of Medical Education and
  Research (PGIMER), Gov. Medical college
  Hospital, Punjab Engineering College Deemed
  University, Gov. College for Men, Gov. College
  for Women, DAV College,MCM DAV College for Women,
  Goswami Ganesh Dutta Sanatan Dharma College
  Sector-32, Gov. Homeopathic College, Ayurvedic
  College, Gov. Polytechnic College, Gov. Home
  Science College, Dr Ambedkar Institute of Hotel
  management, Khalsa College Sec- 26, National
  Institute of Technical Teachers Training and
  Research(NITTTR) Sec-26 etc.
• According to Chandigarh administration's
  department of education, there are a total of 107
  government schools in Chandigarh and convent
  schools like St. Stephen's School, St. John's
  High School, Chandigarh, St. Anne's Convent
  School and Carmel Convent School.
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TRANSPORT

• Road Chandigarh has the largest number of
  vehicles per capita in India.69 Wide, well
  maintained roads and parking spaces all over the
  city ease local transport.70 The Chandigarh
  Transport Undertaking (CTU) operates public
  transport buses from its Inter State Bus
  Terminals (ISBT) in Sectors 17 and 43 of the
  city.71 CTU also operates frequent bus services
  to the neighboring states of Punjab, Haryana,
  Himachal Pradesh and to Delhi.
• Air Chandigarh Airport has scheduled commercial
  flights to major cities of India including Delhi,
  Pune, Mumbai, Bangalore, Leh and Srinagar. The
  airport has international flights to Sharjah and
  Dubai.
• Rail Chandigarh Junction railway station lies in
  the Northern Railway zone of the Indian Railway
  network and provide connectivity to all the
  regions of India and some major Indian cities. It
  provides connectivity to eastern states with link
  to cities like Kolkata, Dibrugarh southern
  states with trains to Visakhapatnam,
  Thiruvananthapuram, Bangalore and Kollam
  western states with trains to Jaipur, Ahmedabad
  and Mumbai. Central states with trains to
  Bhopal80 and Indore other northern states
  with trains to Lucknow, Amritsar, Ambala,
  Panipat, Kalka and Shimla.

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Reference

• Chandigarh is a very beautiful city and is the
  capital of the Punjab
• And Haryana. There are lots to places to Visit
  in Chandigarh.
• http//nehasilam.com/
• https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChandigarhLanguages