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67-966: Chandimandir Cantonment is a military cantonment of the Indian Army located in Panchkula district at the foot of the Sivalik Hills adjoining Panchkula city in Haryana . It is the headquarters of the Western Command of the Indian Army. Chandimandir Cantonment as well as the Chandigarh city are named after the Chandi Mandir . The Chandi Mandir is located within the Chandimandir Cantonment and it

134-613: A humid subtropical climate ( Köppen : Cwa ) characterised by a seasonal rhythm: very hot summers, mild winters, unreliable rainfall, and great temperature variation (−1 to 45 °C or 30.2 to 113.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,110.7 millimetres or 43.73 inches. The city also receives occasional winter rains from the Western Disturbance originating over the Mediterranean Sea . The western disturbances bring rain predominantly from mid-December until

201-581: A union territory , is not entitled to a state-level election: thus State Assembly elections are not held and it is directly controlled by the central government . One seat for Chandigarh is allocated in the Lok Sabha elections held every five years. Manish Tewari ( INC ) is the Member of Parliament elected in 2024 from the Chandigarh Lok Sabha constituency . The city is governed by

268-512: A civic administration or local government headed by Municipal Commissioner Anindita Mitra and Mayor Sarbjit Kaur. The city comprises 35 wards represented by 35 elected councillors , and also nominates 9 councillors. On 27 March 2022, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that the Chandigarh employees who were working under the Punjab service rules until 2022, would be working under

335-565: A couple of historical mosques in Manimajra and Burail. The Diocese of Simla and Chandigarh serves the Catholics of the city, with a co-cathedral in the city, which also governs most of the convent schools in Chandigarh. The table below shows the data from the district nutrition profile of children below the age of 5 years, in Chandigarh, as of year 2020. The table below shows the district nutrition profile of women in Chandigarh between

402-576: A direct bus from the Cantt to Punjab University . The British School, Hansraj Public School in Panchkula and Delhi Public School at Pinjore are nearby. CTU (Chandigarh Transport Undertaking) bus route number 30-A goes from Chandigarh to Chandimandir. This Cantonment is considered a part of the Chandigarh Tricity . The cantonment is near the junction of two highways. Old Panchkula is at

469-575: A hill in the western section of the cantonment, overlooking the other sectors. A deep gorge is located behind the base to the west. To the north of this hill is a golf course and helipad. The Khetarpal Officer's Institute (K.O.I.) (formerly the Shivalik Officer's Institute (SOI) is located near the Shakti Dwar main gate to the cantonment, at the south of the camp, opening onto the highway leading to Panchkula sectors 1 and 6. The army base

536-474: A population of 1,055,450, giving it a density of about 9,252 (7,900 in 2001) persons per square kilometre. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. The sex ratio is 818 females for every 1,000 males. The child-sex ratio is 880 females per thousand males. Chandigarh has an effective literacy rate of 86.77% (based on population 7 years and above), higher than the national average; with male literacy of 90.81% and female literacy of 81.88%. 10.8% of

603-491: A press release notified that, in order to move on from older Colonial-era concepts, Ministry of Defence has decided to give up responsibility to consider to excise civil areas of certain Cantonments and merge them with neighbouring State municipalities. As of then, there were 58 Cantonments of which 10 were to be handed over in the first phase. The administration of civil areas was to be handed over from Cantonment Boards to

670-565: A vast area of flat, fertile land. Its northeast covers sections of Bhabar , while the remainder of its terrain is part of the Terai . Its surrounding cities are Mohali , New Chandigarh , Patiala , Zirakpur and Rupnagar in Punjab, and Panchkula and Ambala in Haryana. Chandigarh is situated 44 km (28 miles) north of Ambala , 229 km (143 miles) southeast of Amritsar , and 250 km (156 miles) north of Delhi . Chandigarh has

737-573: Is a city and union territory in northern India , serving as the shared capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana . Situated near the foothills of the Himalayas , it borders Haryana to the east and Punjab in the remaining directions. Chandigarh constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which also includes the adjacent satellite cities of Panchkula in Haryana and Mohali in Punjab. It

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804-414: Is a residential area for senior officers.sector D has two shopping centers (old and new), one bus stand, one post office, one library, vajra canteen, MI room. raina stadium also located in sector d, manekshaw auditorium also here(sector d). Manekshaw Auditorium, named after Field Marshal Manekshaw , and Raina Stadium, named after the former chief of the Indian Army are located on the base. The base includes

871-520: Is close to the western boundary, and the Ghagghar River forms parts of the western boundary. Chandigarh is 15 kilometers away, though the Sector 13 of Chandigarh is only some 4 kilometers. The urban estate Panchkula's Sectors 1, 6 and parts of 7 are just south of the cantonment's southern boundary. Pinjore is just eight kilometers to the north and Kalka 15 kilometers. Outside the cantonment are

938-440: Is covered by dense banyan and eucalyptus plantations. Ashoka , cassia , mulberry and other trees flourish in the forested ecosystem. The city is surrounded by forests that sustain many animal and plant species. Deer , sambars , barking deer , parrots, woodpeckers , and peacocks inhabit the protected forests. Sukhna Lake hosts a variety of ducks and geese and attracts migratory birds from parts of Siberia and Japan in

1005-583: Is in the foothills of the Shivaliks . The low rolling hills of the region are covered with dry thorny forests. To its northern edge, the forest and hills extend to the valley between the foothills and the main Himalayan range, containing the municipalities of Baddi and Nalagarh . Most of the trees and the green vegetation covering the foothills around Chandimandir were planted by the army. The trees are mostly kikar ( Acacia ), with Zizyphus berry bushes in

1072-644: Is known for its green belts and other special tourist parks. Sukhna Lake itself hosts the Garden of Silence . The Rock Garden , is located near the Sukhna Lake and has numerous sculptures made by using a variety of different discarded waste materials. The Zakir Hussain Rose Garden (which is also Asia's largest rose garden) contains nearly 825 varieties of roses in it and more than 32,500 varieties of other medicinal plants and trees. Other gardens include

1139-479: Is located 260 km (162 miles) north of New Delhi and 229 km (143 miles) southeast of Amritsar . Chandigarh is one of the earliest planned cities in post independence India and is internationally known for its architecture and urban design. The master plan of the city was prepared by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier , which built upon earlier plans created by the Polish architect Maciej Nowicki and

1206-723: Is managed by the Shri Mata Mansa Devi Shrine Board . The military camp was built in the late 1960s as the Western Army Command Headquarters of the Indian Army . A new branch of the army raised during the 1971 Indo-Pak war ( II Corps ) was housed there until the mid-1980s. Until then the Western Army Command had been in Shimla , although not many Command units could be housed there due to a shortage of space; in

1273-572: Is often called a "Pensioner's Paradise". Ordnance Cable Factory of the Ordnance Factories Board has been set up by the Government of India . There are about 15 medium-to-large industries, including two in the public sector . In addition, Chandigarh has over 2,500 units registered under the small-scale sector. The city's important industries are paper manufacturing, basic metals and alloys, and machinery. Other industries in

1340-590: Is the nodal department for this purpose and has published a detailed booklet about it. The trees in the city that are a hundred or more years old have been given heritage status . Sukhna Lake , a 3 km artificial rain-fed lake in Sector 1, was created in 1958 by damming the Sukhna Choe, a seasonal stream coming down from the Shivalik Hills . Chandigarh has a belt of parks running from sectors. It

1407-404: Is the predominant religion of Chandigarh followed by 80.71% of the population. Sikhism is the second most followed religion in the city, followed by 13.11% of the people, followed by Islam at 4.87%. Minorities are Christians at 0.83%, Jains at 0.19%, Buddhists at 0.11%, those that didn't state a religion at 0.10%, and others are 0.02%. There are several places of worship located all over

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1474-677: The French word canton , meaning corner or district , refers to a temporary military or winter encampment. For example, at the start of the Waterloo campaign in 1815, while the Duke of Wellington 's headquarters were in Brussels, most of his Anglo–allied army of 93,000 soldiers were cantoned , or stationed, to the south of Brussels. The former Sherpur Cantonment in Kabul , Afghanistan, which

1541-655: The Golden Temple at Amritsar complex. Code-named Operation Blue Star, the project was planned by Major General Kuldip Singh Brar, along with Lt. General Krishnaswamy Sundarji (then chief of western army command) and Lt. General Ranjit Singh Dyal (then command chief of staff). Immediately before the Operation, Brar was commanding the 9 Infantry Division out of Meerut. His three brigades were based in Meerut, Delhi and Jalandhar, two of them composed of Sikhs. On 31 May 1984,

1608-479: The Shivalik Range of the Himalayas in northwest India. It covers an area of approximately 114 km . It borders the states of Punjab and Haryana. The exact geographic coordinates of Chandigarh are 30°44′N 76°47′E  /  30.74°N 76.79°E  / 30.74; 76.79 . It has an average elevation of 321 metres (1053 ft). The city, lying in the northern plains, includes

1675-644: The "Second Machine Age". Two of the six monuments planned in the Capitol Complex which has the High Court, the Assembly, and the Secretariat, remain incomplete. These include Geometric Hill and Martyrs Memorial. Drawings were made, and they were begun in 1956, but they were never completed. The capital city was officially shifted from Shimla to Chandigarh on 21 September 1953, though Chandigarh

1742-645: The American planner Albert Mayer . Most of the government buildings and housing in the city were designed by a team headed by Le Corbusier, Jane Drew and Maxwell Fry . Chandigarh's Capitol Complex —as part of a global ensemble of Corbusier's buildings—was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO at the 40th session of the World Heritage Conference in July 2016. Chandigarh has grown greatly since its initial construction, and has also driven

1809-609: The Chandigarh Smart City Ltd (CSCL) board is yet to take the final decision. In 2021, the BJP-ruled corporation had increased the water tariff by 1.5 to 2.5 times. This created a widespread discontent among the residents. In 2021, there was an acute shortage of parking spaces. The problem was aggravated by an increase of 17% in parking rates by the Municipal Corporation. The increase in

1876-671: The Chandimandir houses and small townships like Bir Ghaggar and Gumthala. The literacy level in these suburbs is lower than that of surrounding areas. A Chandi Devi temple is in Bir Ghaggar, from which Chandimandir and Chandigarh derive their names. The intermittent Ghaggar River flows through Chandimandir during the monsoon. This closed-drainage river is part of the Ghaggar-Hakra River . Saketri Shiv temple , 50 years old temple built by Sant Ram in 1960s, lies in

1943-775: The Garden of Fragrance in Sector 36, Garden of Palms in Sector 42, Butterfly Park in Sector 26, Valley of Animals in Sector 49, the Japanese Garden in Sector 31, the Terraced Garden in Sector 33, Shanti Kunj Garden, the Botanical garden and the Bougainvillea Garden. There is also the Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh in Sector 10. As of 2011 India census, Chandigarh had

2010-699: The Palace of Assembly, and the Secretariat Building. Le Corbusier also designed the general layout of the city, dividing it into sectors. Chandigarh hosts the largest of Le Corbusier's many Open Hand sculptures, standing 26 metres high. The Open Hand (La Main Ouverte) is a recurring motif in Le Corbusier's architecture, a sign for him of "peace and reconciliation. It is open to give and open to receive." It represents what Le Corbusier called

2077-777: The Western Command Hospital on the Chandigarh Kalka highway. It has two Kendriya Vidyalaya 's, one Army Public School and one Army School within its limits. The Alpha and Officer's Institute, the Command Headquarters, the M.E.S. Inspection Bungalow, the Shivalik Retreat guest house, the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief's residence, and the senior officers' residence (Pine Marg) are located on

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2144-643: The ages of 15 to 49 years, as of the year 2020. Article 239 of the Constitution of India provides for the administration of the Union Territories by the President through an administrator. Since 1984 the Governor of Punjab has served concurrently as the administrator of Chandigarh . Gulab Chand Kataria has been the administrator of the union territory since 27 July 2024. Chandigarh, as

2211-552: The central civil services rules from 1 April 2022. The move was criticised by political parties such as the AAP , the INC and the Akali Dal . Composition of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation after 2021 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election as of December 2021: The prime responsibilities of the civic body Municipal Corporation Chandigarh , are to ensure cleanliness and sanitation in

2278-676: The city are food products, sanitary ware, auto parts, machine tools, pharmaceuticals, and electrical appliances. The main occupation here is trade and business. However, the Punjab and Haryana High Court , Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) , the availability of an IT Park, and more than a hundred government schools provide other job opportunities to people. Four major trade promotion organisations have their offices in Chandigarh. These are The Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry, ASSOCHAM India , Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry, (FICCI)

2345-540: The city describes itself. As part of the partition of India in 1947, the former Indian province of Punjab was divided into two parts, the mostly Hindu and Sikh East Punjab in India, and the mostly Muslim West Punjab in Pakistan . The capital of undivided Punjab, Lahore , had become part of Pakistan after the partition. Instead of shifting the capital to an already existing and established city, Jawaharlal Nehru ,

2412-595: The city, illumination of street lights, maintenance of parks, and sewerage disposal. The city has both brick and pipe sewers laid in four phases. In September 2020, the civic body announced that it would upgrade and renew the 50-year-old sewerage system. The pilot project for the 24x7 water supply is expected to begin in Chandigarh in May 2021, which was initially to start in September 2020 and end in March 2022. On 8 April 2021,

2479-464: The city, with many in each sector, including the historic Mata Basanti Devi Mandir in Sector 24. The temple is dedicated to Goddess Shitala and specially visited by devotees during first Tuesday of Chaitra month after Holi . Chandi Mandir , Mata Mansa Devi Mandir and Mata Jayanti Devi Mandir are important Hindu temples located near Chandigarh. Nada Sahib Gurudwara, a famous place for Sikh worship lies in its vicinity. Apart from this, there are

2546-645: The day before Brar and his wife were to fly to Manila for a vacation, he received a call asking him to come to Chandimandir Cantonment. When Brar arrived, he was told to fly immediately to Amritsar, where a division had been relocated to the Indo-Pakistan border in case Pakistan moved in to support the pro- Khalistan militants. Sectors A and B of Chandimandir are designated as its officers' families quarters. Sectors C, D, E, and F are assigned to families of junior commissioned officers and other ranks. Many military families stay in Panchkula in rented houses. Pine Marg

2613-462: The development of Mohali and Panchkula; the "tri-city" metropolitan area has a combined population of over 1,611,770. The city has one of the highest per capita incomes in the country. The union territory has one of the highest Human Development Index among Indian states and territories. In 2015, a survey by LG Electronics ranked it as the happiest city in India on the happiness index. In 2015, an article published by BBC named Chandigarh one of

2680-585: The end of April, which can be heavier sometimes with strong wind and hail if the weather turns colder (during March–April months), which usually proves disastrous to local crops. Cold winds usually tend to come from the Himalayas that lie to the north, which receive snowfall during wintertime. The city experiences the following seasons and the respective average temperatures: Chandigarh has been ranked 27th best “National Clean Air City” (under Category 1 >10L Population cities) in India. Most of Chandigarh

2747-569: The few master-planned cities in the world to have succeeded in terms of combining monumental architecture, cultural growth, and modernisation. The name Chandigarh is a compound of Chandi and Garh . Chandi refers to the Hindu goddess Chandi and Garh means fortress. The name is derived from Chandi Mandir , an ancient temple devoted to Chandi near the city in Panchkula District. The motif or sobriquet of "The City of Beauty"

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2814-528: The first Prime Minister of India, envisioned an altogether new and modern city to be built to serve as the capital of Punjab . Partap Singh Kairon , then the Chief Minister of East Punjab , and Edward Nirmal Mangat Rai , then the Chief Secretary of East Punjab, were instrumental in creating Chandigarh as the capital of the state. In 1949, the American planner and architect Albert Mayer

2881-505: The former British Indian Army , with Meerut and Ramgarh being two of the most important cantonments in Northern India , second only to the headquarters at Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). Meerut was established in 1803, and for 150 years was the largest cantonment in the region. Although cantonments in India were considered to be semi-permanent in the 18th and 19th centuries, by the turn of the 20th century, they had transitioned to being permanent garrisons. They were further entrenched as such, via

2948-414: The former state of Punjab was split in two . The western and northern mostly Punjabi -speaking portion became the present-day state of Punjab , while the eastern and southern Hindi- and Haryanvi -speaking areas became Haryana . Chandigarh ended up being located on the border of the two states, and both of them moved to incorporate the city into their respective territories. However, the city of Chandigarh

3015-480: The growth of the economy, especially in the Services sector. The government is a major employer in Chandigarh, with three governments having their base here, those being the Chandigarh Administration, the Punjab government, and the Haryana government. A significant percentage of Chandigarh's population, therefore, consists of people who are either working for one of these governments or have retired from government service, mainly armed forces. For this reason, Chandigarh

3082-542: The junction of the Chandigarh Old Panchkula highway and Zirakpur - Kalka (part of the Delhi - Shimla highway). Mansa Devi is just west of the Cantt, though the road route is lengthy due to an intervening gorge. Few trains stop at Chandimandir railway station. Chandigarh Railway Station and Chandigarh Airport are the usual air and rail transport hubs for this Cantt. 30°43′26″N 76°52′37″E  /  30.724°N 76.877°E  / 30.724; 76.877 Cantonment The word cantonment , derived from

3149-402: The land's gentle grade promoted proper drainage. Mayer stopped his work on the city after his architect-partner Matthew Nowicki died in a plane crash in 1950. Government officials recruited Le Corbusier to succeed Mayer and Nowicki, who utilised many elements of Mayer's original plan without attributing them to him. Le Corbusier designed many administration buildings, including the High Court,

3216-426: The mid-1980s two corps (Kharga) moved to Ambala, and Western Command was relocated from Simla to Chandimandir. It is among the few modern military stations built in independent India whose history does not date back to the British Indian Army . In 1984, Indira Gandhi , the Prime Minister of India, deployed the army to flush separatist Sikh militants along with Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his associates out of

3283-605: The military reforms of Lord Kitchener in 1903, and the Cantonments Act of 1924. At India's Independence in 1947, India had 56 cantonments. After this India added 6 cantonments the last being Ajmer Cantonment in 1962, taking the total number to 62. They covered an area of 161,000 acres (650 km ). As of 2019, there were sixty-one "notified cantonments" in India, occupying an area of 157,000 acres (640 km ): twenty-five in Central Command , nineteen in Southern Command , thirteen in Western Command , four in Eastern Command , and one in Northern Command . On 24 July 2024,

3350-460: The nearby Saketri village where damaged Shiv, Parvati and Ganesha stone sculptures weighing 1 quintal were found in the excavation. Other presently functioning Indian Army installations in Haryana are: Chandimandir Cantt has three schools, two Kendriya Vidyalayas and one Army Public School. Nearby Panchkula and Chandigarh offer several other schools. Although the Cantt has no college, Panchkula, Kalka and Chandigarh have several colleges, with

3417-566: The neighbouring Municipalities while the military region was to remain with the Armed Forces. However, on 27 April 2024, KhasYol had become the first cantonment board to be "de-notified". On 2 September 2024, it was reported that paperwork are being completed to handover civilian areas of Cantonments from the Indian Army. The Cantonments include Dehradun, Deolali, Nasirabad, Babina, Ajmer, Ramgarh, Mathura, Shahjahanpur, Clement Town and Fatehgarh. The report sain, "Indian Army’s Central Command , South Western Command and Southern Command are in

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3484-455: The population is under 6 years of age. The population of Chandigarh formed 0.09 per cent of India in 2011. There has been a substantial decline in the population growth rate in Chandigarh, with just 17.10% growth between 2001 and 2011. Since the 1951–1961 period, the growth rate has decreased from 394.13% to 17.10%, a likely cause being the rapid urbanisation and development in neighbouring cities. The urban population constitutes 97.25% of

3551-429: The process of completing the hand over exercise in coordination with Uttarakhand , Maharashtra , Rajasthan , Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh governments." Major cantonments and garrisons include the following: Babina cantonments* Cantonments, Accra Cantonments in Nigeria refer to permanent military installations which house active personnel and their families. Cantonments in Nigeria include: In Singapore,

3618-412: The state of rights over Chandigarh. [1] Present-day Chandigarh was also the site of a short-lived late 18th-century principality, with a small fort at Mani Majra . Many villages that predate the city are still inhabited within the modern blocks of some sectors, including Burail and Attawa , while several other such villages lie on the margins of the city. Chandigarh is located by the foothills of

3685-460: The term is used to denote a police cantonment. The United States military commonly uses the term "cantonment" to describe the permanent facilities at U.S. Army training bases as opposed to the field training areas. Cantonment areas often include housing (such as barracks and maid-service quarters), dining facilities, training classrooms, exchanges, and paved air fields. Chandigarh Chandigarh ( / ˌ tʃ ʌ n d ɪ ˈ ɡ ɑːr / )

3752-415: The third-largest deposit center and seventh-largest credit center nationwide as of June 2012. With an average household monthly income of ₹ 199,000 (US$ 2,400), Chandigarh is one of the richest towns in India. Chandigarh's gross state domestic product for 2014–15 is estimated at ₹290 billion ( short scale ) (US$ 4.3 billion) at current prices. According to a 2014 survey, Chandigarh is ranked 4th in

3819-404: The top 50 cities identified globally as "emerging outsourcing and IT services destinations" ahead of cities like Beldon (Amritsar) . The Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park, also known as the Chandigarh IT Park, is an special economic zone which has facilities for information technology. Technology Park, which has changed the economic scenario of the city and the vicinity by facilitating

3886-613: The total and the rural population makes up 2.75%, as there are only a few villages within Chandigarh, situated on its Western and South-Eastern border, and the majority of people live in the heart of Chandigarh. Languages of Chandigarh (2011) English is the sole official language of Chandigarh. The majority of the population speaks Hindi (67.76%) while Punjabi is spoken by 22.02%. Government schools use English, Hindi, and Punjabi textbooks. The percentage of Punjabi speakers has fallen from 36% in 1981 to 22% in 2011, while that of Hindi speakers has increased from 51% to 78%. Hinduism

3953-469: The undergrowth. Three of the five kuls (canals) of Panchkula pass through this area. The village that gives Chandimandir Cantonment its name is on its Northeastern edge along the Chandigarh - Kalka highway. It lies north of Panchkula city, east of the Ghagghar River, and west of Mata Mansa Devi and Saketri, Nepal. Chandimandir is in the northwest of this Quadrant. The Chandimandir Old Panchkula Road forms its southern boundary. The Zirakpur Kalka highway

4020-414: The waste collection charges, water tariff and property tax rates during the last five years 2016 to 2021 were unpopular among the public. During the COVID-19 pandemic in India , concerns were raised about whether sufficient relief measures had been taken by the local government. The sitting Councillors were accused of not being found to be approachable when the public needed support. In 2016, Chandigarh

4087-404: The winter season. The Parrot Bird Sanctuary Chandigarh provides a home to a large number of parrots. Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1998. Many trees in Chandigarh are given the status of the natural heritage of the city. The Chandigarh government has identified a list of 31 trees as Heritage Trees. The Department of Forest & Wildlife Chandigarh Administration

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4154-481: Was commissioned to design a new city to be called "Chandigarh". The government carved out Chandigarh from about fifty Puadhi -speaking villages in the then-state of East Punjab, India. Shimla was the temporary capital of the state until Chandigarh was completed. Albert Mayer developed a superblock -based city interspersed with green spaces, with an emphasis on cellular neighbourhoods and traffic segregation. His site plan took advantage of natural land characteristics;

4221-415: Was controlled directly by the central government and was to serve as the shared capital of the two states until a resolution could be reached. It has been noted by industrialists that large real-estate projects have stagnated since the creation of Chandigarh in Punjab and Haryana as an economic rival city would be perceived as a city that could be used as capital instead of Chandigarh and hence relinquishing

4288-399: Was derived from the City Beautiful movement , which was a popular philosophy in North American urban planning during the 1890s and 1900s. Architect Albert Mayer , the initial planner of Chandigarh, lamented the American rejection of City Beautiful concepts and declared, "We want to create a beautiful city..." The phrase was used as a logo in official publications in the 1970s and is now how

4355-407: Was formally inaugurated by India's first president, Rajendra Prasad on 7 October 1953. During excavations at the time of the building of the city, some Indus Valley artefacts were discovered, suggesting that the area that is today Chandigarh was home to some settlements of the Indus Valley civilisation . On 1 November 1966, after a long-drawn movement demanding the formation of a Punjabi state,

4422-405: Was the second cleanest city of India . In 2021, Chandigarh fell 66 positions in the list of cleanest cities in India. The garbage piled up at the Dadu Majra garbage dump site. The city's cleanliness was once a point for the city, and its decline became an important poll issue. Chandigarh has been rated as one of the "Wealthiest Towns" of India. The Reserve Bank of India ranked Chandigarh as

4489-652: Was the site of the Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment (1879) in the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880), is now maintained as a British Army cemetery. In Bangladesh, cantonments are residential quarters for many military personnel as well as headquarters for different army units. A wide variety of military training is provided in Bangladesh cantonments: Several cities in the Indian subcontinent , including Ahmedabad , Ambala , Bellary , Belgaum , Bangalore , Danapur , Jabalpur , Kanpur , Bathinda , Delhi , Nilgiris , Chennai , Mumbai , Pune , Meerut , Ramgarh , Secunderabad , and Trichy , contained large cantonments of

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