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Chandigarh is well known city in India. It is also
known as ‘City beautiful’. It was designed by French person
‘LE CORBOUSIER’. It was dream of our First Prime Minister
‘Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru’. It was the first planned city with
urban and modern architecture. ‘Open Hand’ is the symbol of
Chandigarh.
Chandigarh derived its name from ‘Chandi Mandir’. The
deity ‘Chandi’ means the Goddess of power, Garh means Fort
that lying beyond the Chandi temple. Chandigarh is situated in
the foothills of shivalik. The foundation stone was laid in
1952. its a union territory under direct control of Centre
Government. Now Chandigarh is also known as a capital of
Punjab and Haryana.
The city is planned in many sections like, residential,
commercial and industrial area. It was planned by architect Le
Corbusier with the help of his cousin Pierre Jeanneret. Along
with that many Indian architect Narinder S Lamba and J C Verma.
They also contributed to build this city.
Culture: Chandigarh is multi cultured city. People are
from different cultures and tradition. Punjabi, Hindi and
English are the main languages spoken by the city people.
Climate: The climate of chandigarh is dry. Western
monsoon, hot summers and bracing winters. There are four
seasons: Summer or hot season is from mid march to june. july
to mid September is monsoon season. Post monsoon or transition
period is from mid September to the beginning of November from
November to Mid march is the winter season. May and June are
the hottest months of the year with maximum temp. 45 C and
minimum temp is 26 C. the coldest months of the year is
December and January with maximum temp. 25 C and minimum temp.
is 3 C. The average annual rainfall in the city is 1110.7mm.
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