Chandigarh: the city of over 50 rectangular sectors that is capital of Punjab, Haryana and its own Union Territory
Background
Background: the same Union Territory whose electoral roll and Administrator feature in today's news.
Chandigarh lies about 265 km north of New Delhi and is bounded by Haryana on the east and by Punjab on all other sides.
It is the capital of the Union Territory itself and of the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana.
The city was designed by the Swiss-born architect Le Corbusier, with construction beginning in the early 1950s.
Its layout comprises over 50 rectangular sectors, and its name comes from the Chandi Mandir, a temple dedicated to the goddess Chandi.
Distance from New Delhi:
about 265 km north
Sectors:
over 50 rectangular sectors
Architect:
Le Corbusier
Why it matters for exams: Shared capitals and planned cities are favourite general-knowledge and polity questions.
Kerala PSCUPSC