In which year was the city formally declared open by President Rajendra Prasad?
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- November 1, 1953
- February 8, 1949
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50 Years of Chandigarh
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Who designed the Gandhi Bhawan in the University campus at Chandigarh?
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Which sector did Le Corbusier design as a “Pedestrians Paradise”?
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- Sector 17
At which Commonwealth Games did Milkha Singh win the 440 yards gold in 1958?
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- Cardiff
In 1966 which Governor of Punjab became the first administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh?
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- Hare Narayan
- Siddhartha Shankar Ray
Which daily newspaper, founded at Lahore by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, shifted base to Chandigarh in 1966?
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- The Tribune
On October 27 1969, which protester demanding the inclusion of Chandigarh in Punjab State died on the 74th day of fasting?
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- Darshan Singh Pheruman
In the 1970s, which two places in Punjab were sought to be transferred to Haryana in exchange for Chandigarh?
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- Fazlika and Abohar
What did Le Corbusier system of road designed to separate traffic in Chandigarh, first employed by him in Bogota and Marseilles South?
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- Seven V's [Les Sept Voies]
What name did Le Corbusier give to the park area developed in the eroded streamed running through the city?
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- Valley of Leisure
Name Le Corbusier’ system of ‘Proportioning’, patented in 1947 as an invention, on which the geometric elements of Chandigarh are based?
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- Modular
What name did Mathew Nowicki give his alternative to the Mayer plan?
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- Leaf plan
Which 1941 Los Angeles project did Mayer city as the major source of inspiration for his Chandigarh plan?
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- Baldwin Hills Project
Which innovative layout design widely employed in the Baldwin Hills Project formed the basic unit of Mayer’s plan for Chandigarh?
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- Superblock
Which French Minister of Reconstruction and Planning first recommended Swiss architect and town planner Eduard Jeanneret or Le Corbusier, for the Chandigarh project?
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- Claudius Petit
In which South American city, developed in 1949, was the concept of urban ‘sectors’ widely used in the Chandigarh project?
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- Bogota
Which traditional Latin American housing plan with blocks of inward facing houses around a garden did Le Corbusier employ in Chandigarh?
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- Cuadra
After Lahore, which city served as the capital of Punjab before Chandigarh?
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- Shimla
In December 1949, which US army civil engineer in India was awarded the first contract to plan Chandigarh?
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- Albert Mayer
Which capital project administrator along with P. L. Verma, the chief engineer of the Punjab Government, chose the site of the new state capital?
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- P.N. Thapar