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Chandigarh is the capital of Punjab, and houses the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and the secretariat. Chandigarh also serves as the capital of Haryana, and is a union territory of India. The Punjab & Haryana High Court, located in Chandigarh, has jurisdiction over the whole state. [3]
Punjab Energy Development Agency Mann ministry: Bhagwant Mann: 16 March 2022 Incumbent Aam Aadmi Party: 44 Revenue, Rehabilitation & Disaster Management Mann ministry: Brahm Shankar Jimpa: 21 March 2022 Incumbent Aam Aadmi Party: 45 Rural Development and Panchayat Mann ministry: Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal: 21 March 2022 Incumbent Aam Aadmi Party: 46
The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab in India. The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. At present, it consists of 117 members , directly elected from 117 single-seat constituencies .
The chief minister of Punjab is the head of the government of Punjab. As per the Constitution of India , the Governor of Punjab is the state's head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister.
In 1949, the American planner and architect Albert Mayer 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. [28] Shimla was the temporary capital of the state until Chandigarh was completed.
23 districts of Punjab along with their headquarters as of 2023. A district of the Punjab state of India is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service.
Location of Punjab (highlighted in red) within India. The Punjab Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Punjab state in North India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Chandigarh, the capital of the state. It is housed within the Chandigarh Capitol Complex, a World Heritage Site designed by Le Corbusier. [1]
When Punjab was divided, both Punjab and Haryana claimed the new city for its capital. Pending resolution of the issue, the Central Government made Chandigarh a Union Territory (under Section 4 of the Punjab Re-organisation Act, 1966, with effect from 1 November 1966) with its administration functioning directly under the Central Government.