Chandigarh

[ chuhn-di-guhr ]

noun
  1. a city in and a union territory of India, in the N part: joint capital of Punjab and Haryana states.

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Chandigarh

/ (ˌtʃʌndɪˈɡɑː) /


noun
  1. a city and Union Territory of N India, joint capital of the Punjab and Haryana: modern city planned in the 1950s by Le Corbusier. Pop: 808 796 (2001), of city; 900 414 (2001), of union territory. Area (of union territory): 114 sq km (44 sq miles)

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