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Welcome to Chandigarh City!
An architect might be assigned to
design parliament houses, museums, or great architectural structures, but
not many get or offered the 'dream project' to design an entirely new city.
Le Corbusier, the greatest architect of the twentieth century was the lucky
one to be invited by the Indian Government to design a new capital for the
Indian Punjab, since its original capital Lahore had gone to Pakistan after
India's Independence in 1947. Commenting on the birth of the new city, India's
first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru said: |
'Let this be a new town,
symbolic of the freedom of India,
unfettered by the tradition of the past...
an expression of the nation's faith in the future.'
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And in the early fifties, India did get an ultramodern city full of architectural
marvels such as the grand Secretariat, the imposing High Court, the elegant
Assembly Hall, the magnificent University and other educational institutions,
sprawling shopping centres, meticulously planned roads, well laid out localities,
and gardens set against the serene Shivalik hills. The city that got its
name from the goddess Chandika, is a thriving metropolis today, and more
than fifty years after Independence, Chandigarh remains India's first planned
city full of tree-lined avenues, parks and gardens free of pollution. Chandigarh
welcomes you with all its warmth and love to give you an experience you
will never forget.
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