Chandigarh is the 1st planned modern
city of India designed by the French architect Le Corbusier. Chandigarh
and the area surrounding it were constituted as a union territory
on 1st November, 1966. It serves as the joint capital of both, Punjab
and Haryana states. It is bounded on the north and west by Punjab
and east and south by Haryana. Total area of the union territory
is 114Sq.Km. The city was named after the mother goddess of power,
Chandi, whose temple Chandimandu is a feature of the new city. The
beautiful city also known as 'city of roses',was planned to house
the capital to the erstwhile Punjab state. read more
Chandigarh is situated at the foot of the Shivalik range. There are hardly any forest in this union territory, except for small tracks of forest by acquiring some area on lease from Punjab and Haryana states.
