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Chandigarh

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Chandigarh Summary
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(2001 est pop. 808,000). Chandigarh became the capital of the Punjab and Haryana states in northwestern India in the 1950s. After partition in 1947, when Punjab's principal city Lahore was claimed by Pakistan, the new state needed a capital....
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Chandigarh
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City (pop., 2001: 808,515) and union territory (pop., 2001: 900,635), joint capital of Haryana and Punjab states, northern India. The territory, on the border between the two states, has an area of 44 sq mi (114 sq km). Located just south of the...
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Coordinates: 30°45′N 76°47′E / 30.75, 76.78 Chandigarh pronunciation (help·info) (Punjabi: ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ, Hindi: चंडीगढ़, pronunciation: /tʃəɳɖiːgəɻʰ/) also called The City Beautiful, is a city in India...


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The Architects' Journal
Letter From Chandigarh
03/03/2005: 420 words, approx. 1 pages
Architecture is a complex art embracing form and function, symbol and social purpose, technique and belief-a three-dimensional interpretation of the human condition, writes Jaz Vilkhu. Because Le Corbusier, a Swiss architect often mistaken for being French, understood this, I looked forward to appreciating his...
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The Architectural Review
Decolonisation in Chandigarh. (Theatres of Decolonization conference in Chandigarh, India)
03/01/1995: 679 words, approx. 2 pages
The five-day 'Theatres of Decolonization' conference was held in Chandigarh, India. Sociologists, architects, historians and litterateurs discussed infrastructures and collectibles inherited from several countries and also pondered on the new systems of thought and control invading modern times. Star speaker Gayatri Spivak made a...
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AP Features
Illinois man accused of killing daughter, her family because he disapproved of their marriage
1/2/2008: 347 words, approx. 1 pages
A suburban Chicago man is accused of setting an apartment fire — killing his pregnant daughter, her husband and their young child — because the son-in-law didn't ask permission for the marriage, prosecutors said.Subhash Chander, 57, of Oak Forest was ordered held without bond Tuesday...
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AP News
Cops: Dad killed 3 over woman's marriage
1/2/2008: 347 words, approx. 1 pages
A suburban Chicago man is accused of setting an apartment fire — killing his pregnant daughter, her husband and their young child — because the son-in-law didn't ask permission for the marriage, prosecutors said.Subhash Chander, 57, of Oak Forest was ordered held without bond Tuesday...
 


 

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