Chandigarh

American  

[chuhn-di-guhr] / ˌtʃʌn dɪˈgʌr /

noun

1. a city in and a union territory of India, in the N part: joint capital of Punjab and Haryana states.

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Chandigarh British  

/ ˌtʃʌndɪˈɡɑː /

noun

1. a city and Union Territory of N India, joint capital of the Punjab and Haryana: modern city planned in the 1950s by Le Corbusier. Pop: 808 796 (2001), of city; 900 414 (2001), of union territory. Area (of union territory): 114 sq km (44 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Another interesting item in the collection was a rare lounge chair designed by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier, who was invited to India in the 1950s by then prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru to help design Chandigarh city.

From BBC

Rana was an engineering student at Punjab University in Chandigarh when he fell from the fourth-flour balcony of his paying guest accommodation.

From BBC

Air Marshal Brar felt that bond first-hand, flying his last sortie out of the northern city of Chandigarh just two days before his retirement in July 2000.

From BBC

Emaan Singh, a 28-year-old social worker from Orange County, grew up between Chandigarh in northern India and Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times

There are 104 Indian deportees on the flight and they will be processed separately from regular passengers before boarding buses to their home states, including Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat.

From BBC