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Chandigarh was built as the new capital of Punjab following partition in the words of Jawaharlal Nehru ( independent India first prime minister ) as an expression of the nations faith in the future .
It was always going to be radically modern , but it could have turned out very differently .Two pioneering American architects were originally assigned the task : Matthew Nowicki and Albert Mayer , the latter influenced by the romantic picturesque seen in England garden cities movement . This dreams of some modern planners depends entirely on a way of life alien to that of India said Nowicki prophesising the experience of anyone who’s tried to negotiate a roundabout in Chandigarh .
In the same way as the modernist architect LeCorbusier s radical design for Chandigarh polaries critics ,this anomly among Indian cities split visitors .The main attraction of Chandigarh is SUKHNA LAKE , MUSEUMS , NEK CHAND FANTASY ROCK GARDEN ,GALLERIES , ROSE GARDEN Etc .While some visitors are unimpressed by Chandigarh s non traditionalism .Find the geometric ,green city a welcome break from a chaos of other Indian cities and plunge into the many sights and of course , glitzy nightlife .The main attraction around the Chandigarh is PINJORE ( Yadavindra ) GARDENS ,these reconstructed 17th century Mughal walled gardens are built on seven levels with water features that sometimes operate and panoramic view of Shivalik hills .
Founded and designed by Nawab Fidai Khan , who also designed Badshahi Mosque in Lahore ( in present day Pakistan ), the gardens served as a retreat for the Mughal Kings and their harems .They fled the area during goiter outbreak and the gardens fell to the Maharaja of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh .
The capital of both Punjab and Haryana ,it is a union territory controlled by the central government . |
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