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Chandigarh
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Overview
Chandigarh is a Union Territory and the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana. Le Corbusier planned it after independence, and his Capitol Complex is part of a transnational World Heritage Site (2016).
It shares the Punjab and Haryana High Court, and it is often used as the example of a planned city.
Geography and key facts
- Union Territory
- Joint capital of Punjab and Haryana
- Planned by Le Corbusier
- Capitol Complex: World Heritage (2016)
Why it matters for UPSC
Used in planned-city and common-High-Court questions.
Note for UPSC
Union Territory and joint capital of Punjab and Haryana.
Useful for orientation questions and for locating other features relative to the capital.
Asked in PYQs
No question in our Prelims bank names Chandigarh yet.
Key facts
- Type
- State / UT capital
- State / UT
- Chandigarh
- Coordinates
- 30.733°N, 76.780°E
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.
In the lessons
- Model Essay: Cities as Engines of Opportunity
- High Courts and Subordinate Courts
- Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes: Laws, Institutions and Schemes
- Poverty, Hunger and Food Security: Measurement, PDS and Nutrition
- Linguistic Reorganisation of States
- Indo-Islamic, Mughal and Colonial Architecture
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