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Chandigarh (/ ˌ tʃ ʌ n d ɪ ˈ ɡ ɑːr /) 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 Shivalik range of Himalayas, it borders Haryana to the east and Punjab in the remaining directions.
Map of districts of Haryana grouped by division. Haryana, with 22 districts, is a state in the northern region of India and is the nation's eighteenth most populous. [1] The state borders with Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north and Rajasthan to the west and south.
India is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. [1] All states, as well as the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model.
Bombay State was enlarged by the addition of Saurashtra State and Kutch State, the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur division of Madhya Pradesh and the Marathwada region of Hyderabad State. Rajasthan and Punjab gained territories from Ajmer State and Patiala and East Punjab States Union respectively and certain territories of Bihar were ...
State/UT Portrait Name Took office Ref. Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Ajoy Bairagi 16 January 2020 (5 years, 2 days) [32] Chandigarh: Jatinder Pal Malhotra 13 October 2023 (1 year, 97 days) Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu: Deepesh Thakorbhai Tandel 18 January 2020 (5 years, 0 days) [33] Delhi: Virendra Sachdeva 24 March 2023 (1 year ...
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. The District Magistrate or the Deputy Commissioner is assisted by a number of officers belonging to Punjab Civil Service and other state services.
Chandigarh being a city-state, and a Union Territory does not have a legislative assembly of its own, even though it hosts the legislative assemblies of two states Punjab & Haryana, being a common capital of both states. It has its own Municipal Corporation (MCC), which acts as the local
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] The term of the assembly is five years, unless it is ...