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CHANDIGARH CLUB

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Category:	Cities and Neighborhoods
Created:	Dec 6, 2004
Type:	Public
Members:	668
Owner:	Manrajpreet Singh
Language:	English
Country:	India

Chandigarh is the most cosmopolitan city in India. Endowed with a sparkling gardens and a planned town, it seems only right that its setting should have inspired on of the worlds most beautiful and glamorous cities. Such natural beauty coupled with a multicultural population, has given rise to an impressive line-up of gardens, galleries, museums complimented by some outstanding architecture. On the top of this Chandigarh has a relaxed unbuttoned lifestyle with a diverse population that gives it a viva city..The name of the city is derived from Goddess of power known as Shri Chandika whose temple is on Chandigarh-Kalka Road. The temple is known by the name of Chandi Mandir. It is considered to be an ancient site and has a major religious significance for Hindus.

After India's independence from British rule Punjab became a state without a capital. Though there was a temporary secretariat at Shimla in Himachal Pradesh, the political leadership decided on the construction of a modern and accessible capital. This was Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's Dream City of modern India. The city was named as Chandigarh. This is the first planned city of India.

The responsibility for the design was given to the French architect Le Corbusier or the Crow. With the help of his cousin Pierre Jeanneret, and that of the English couple Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew (alongwith a number of Indian architects prominent amongst them Chief planner Narinder S. Lamba & Chief Engineer J.C. Verma) Chandigarh, the present capital, came into existence at the foothills of the Shivaliks (the first of three parallel chains of the Himalayas).