Question

Chandigarh is the capital of _________.
(A) Punjab
(B) Haryana
(C) Punjab and Haryana
(D) Himachal Pradesh

Answer 1

Hint The Indian Punjab wanted a new capital city to replace Lahore, which became part of Pakistan during the 1947 British Partition. So the first prime minister of independent India, Jawaharlal Nehru, commissioned a new 'planned' city, designed in the 1950s by the French architect and urban planner Le Corbusier

Complete step by step solution
Chandigarh is known as the 'cleanest town' in India. It also has the highest per capita income, due in large part to the agricultural boom in both the Punjab and Haryana states of northern India after the Green Revolution of the 1960s.

How?
1. The Indian Punjab wanted a new capital city to replace Lahore, which became part of Pakistan during the 1947 British Partition. So the first prime minister of independent India, Jawaharlal Nehru, commissioned a new 'planned' city, designed in the 1950s by the French architect and urban planner Le Corbusier. The town of Chandigarh, on the border of Punjab and Haryana, became a union territory to serve as the capital of both states when India's Punjab was divided in 1966. The architecture of Le Corbusier included plenty of green spaces and art parks, helping both Punjab and Haryana to propel Chandigarh into a cultural hub.

When?
1. Nanda told the court that Punjab 's capital was transferred from Lahore to Shimla in 1947, and then, in 1950, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru declared Chandigarh the capital of Punjab. The Punjab Capital (Development and Regulation) Act, 1952, describes the capital of Punjab as Chandigarh.
2. After Independence, Chandigarh was made the capital of Punjab. A new state of Haryana was created which included the original state's Hindi-speaking areas (around 40 percent) and 60 percent of Punjabi-speaking areas were in Punjab. It has therefore been agreed that Chandigarh will remain the capital of the two states.

Option C. Punjab and Haryana is the correct answer

Note
1. The Swiss-French modernist architect, Le Corbusier, designed Chandigarh.
2. The name of Chandigarh, meaning "stronghold of the Chandi goddess," is derived from the Chandi Mandir, a temple dedicated to the goddess near the town of Mani Majra.