WE TALK ABOUT CHANDIGARH CITY

 


Chandigarh, (Punjabi: ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ), is a union territory of India, which is also the capital of two Indian states, Punjab and Haryana. Its name means Chandi Fort. It is named after a temple of Chandika or Chandi, a form of the Hindu goddess Durga. This temple still stands a short distance from the city in Panchkula district of Haryana.[4] It is also known as the City Beautiful. The Chandigarh Capital Region comprises Mohali, Panchkula and Zirakpur, with a population of 1165111 (1 crore 16 lakh) according to the 2001 census. Chandigarh is allotted one seat for representation in the Lok Sabha of India. In the current 16th Lok Sabha, Mrs. Kirron Kher of the Bharatiya Janata Party is the Member of Parliament from here.[5] There is no sector named Sector 13 in Chandigarh because Le Corbusier, the architect of Chandigarh, considered this number inauspicious.


The city is named after 'Chandika,' a form of Durga, and the Chandi temple remains a religious symbol of the city even today.[6] The then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru also took a personal interest in the city's development, seeing Chandigarh as a modern, progressive vision of the new nation and calling it a symbol of faith in the nation's future.[6]


Internationally renowned for its urban planning and architecture, this city is the first planned city of modern India.[7] Chandigarh's chief architect was the French architect Le Corbusier, but the city boasts many remarkable architectural masterpieces by Pierre Jeanneret, Mathieu Nowicki, and Albert Mayer. The city ranks among India's most prosperous states and union territories, with a per capita income of ₹99,262 (current prices) and ₹1,000 (constant prices).

A Hindu temple located on the outskirts of the city.

Following the partition of British India in 1947, the state of Punjab was divided between India and Pakistan. With this, the state's former capital, Lahore, went to Pakistan. Indian Punjab now needed a new capital. Due to the numerous difficulties associated with shifting the capital from existing cities, it was decided to establish a new planned capital city, and the foundation stone of the city was laid in 1952.[9]


Among the many new urban projects underway in India at that time, Chandigarh received priority due primarily to the city's location and the personal interest of the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Governor Sir C.P.N. (Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh). Envisioning Chandigarh as a modern, progressive vision of the nation, he described the city as a symbol of freedom from the traditions of the past, free from the traditions of the nation's faith in its future. Many of the city's layout and buildings were designed by the French-born Swiss architect and town planner Le Corbusier in the 1950s. Corbusier was actually the city's second architect, whose original master plan was created by American architect-planner Albert Mayer while working with Polish-born architect Matthew Nowicki. Nowicki's untimely death in 1950 gave Corbusier the project a new role.


On November 1, 1966, the state of Haryana was formed by carving out the Hindi-speaking eastern part of Punjab, while the Punjabi-speaking western part remained as present-day Punjab. The city of Chandigarh, located on the border between the two states, was declared the joint capital of both states and also designated a Union Territory. The city served solely as the capital of Punjab from 1952 to 1966.[10] According to an agreement reached in August 1985 between the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of the Akali Dal, Chandigarh was scheduled to be transferred to Punjab in 1986. A new capital was also to be created for Haryana, but the transfer was delayed due to administrative reasons. The main reason for this delay was the dispute over the allocation of some Hindi-speaking villages in southern Punjab to Haryana and Punjabi-speaking villages in western Haryana to Punjab.


On 15 July 2007, Chandigarh was declared the first Indian non-smoking zone. Smoking in public places is prohibited and a punishable offence under the Chandigarh Administration's rules.[11] Subsequently, a complete ban on the use of polythene bags came into effect in the city on 2 October 2008, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation.[12]


New Chandigarh, a new settlement located near the town of Mullanpur Garibdass around Chandigarh, has been designed as Punjab's first "smart city".[7][8]


The first eco-city of Punjab, GMADA, the local planning authority of the Greater Mohali area, declared Mullanpur as the first eco-city and smart city of Punjab.[9] Mullanpur will be part of New Chandigarh. New Chandigarh will be composed of 32 villages. The first phase of the city has already been announced, and the process of land acquisition and plot allotment has been initiated. It will host several parks and tourist spots.

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