In which year was the city formally declared open by President Rajendra Prasad?
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The city of Chandigarh, the capital of the Indian state of Punjab, was officially declared open by President Rajendra Prasad on November 1, 1953.
Chandigarh was planned and developed as a new capital for the state after the partition of India in 1947, and the city was designed by the renowned French architect Le Corbusier, who was selected for the project by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. The city of Chandigarh has officially declared the capital of Punjab in 1966.