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OJECT WORK
PRESENTED BY :- ANIL

CLASS :-10TH C

SUBMITTED TO:- Mrs. SAVITA

A COMMITTEE WAS SET UP FOR FINDING ATEAM OF
COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT. IN THE YEAR 1951, THE
WELL KNOWN FRENCH ARCHITECT, NAMED LE
CARBUSIER TOOK, THE CHARGE OF GIVING THE CITY
OF MODERN LOOK .
HE FURTHER APOINTED ATEAM WHO WORKED UNDER
HIS SUPERVISION AND GUIDENCE. THE TEAM DECIDED
TO WORK IN TWO PHASES. WHILE DESIGING THE CITY,
FACTORS LIKE POLLUTION,TRAFFIC, TRAVEL&
TOURISM& OTHER ENVIRONMENT ASPECTS WERE
HOW TO REACH CHANDIGARH

BY ROAD
THERE IS AN EXCELLENT ROAD NETWORK
IN CHANDIGARH. THERE ARE TWO
NATIONAL HIGHWAYS , NAMELY NO.-
21(AMBALA-KINNAUR)
&NO.22(CHANDIGARH-LEH)THAT SERVE
THIS UNION TERRITORY BY CONNECTING IT
WITH OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY
INFACT, THERE ARE MANY PILIGRIMAGE
SPORTS AND FAMOUS TOWNS THAT ARE
LOCATED AT AMOTORABLE DISTANCE.
THERE ARE SEVERAL BUSES THAT LINK
CHANDIGARH WITH OTHER NEIGHBORING
MANSA DEVI MANDIR CHANDIGARH

IS FAMOUS SHRINE LOCATED AT

PANCHKULA, WHICH IS ABOUT 8 KMS AWAY
FROM THE CITY. THIS HOLY SIDDH PEETH IS
DEDICATED TO MATA MANSA DEVI
ACCORDING TO THE HINDU
MYTHOLOGY,THE HEAD OF DEVI SATI HAD
FALLEN OVER HER.FROM ALL OVER THE
WORLDTO PAY HOMARGE TO THE GODDESS
. DURING NAVRATRAS , FOIRS TAKE PLACE
IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF MANSA
 BANGRA NANGAL DAM

LOCATION; 116KMS FROM CHANDIGARH

HIGHLIGHTS; WORLDS HIGHEST STRAIGHT GROWING
DAM
LOCATED AT A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 116
KMS FROM CHANDIGARH, BHAKRA
NANGAL DAM IS THE WORLDS HIGHEST
STAIGHT GRAVITY DAM, CONSTRUCTED
ACROSS THE RIVR SATLEY . THE
HYDROELECTRIC STATION PPOSITIONED
HERE NOT JUST GENEATS POWER FOR
 CACTUS GARDEN

LOCATION: 8 KMS AWAY FROM CHANDIGARH IN

PANCHKULA.
YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1987
HIGHLIGHTS: ASIA LARGEST GARDEN
CACTUS IS THE LARGEST SUCULENT
BOTANICAL GARDEN OF ASIA. IT IS
LOCATED AT A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 8
KMS FROM THE CITY OF GARDENS.
SITUATED IN THE HEART OF THE CITY OF
PANCHKULA.
 CHANDIGARH HISTORY
IN THIS ARTICLE , WE WILL PROVIDE WITH THE
CHANDIGARH HISTORY THAT WILL GIVE YOU
USEFUL PIECE OF INFORMATION ON THE ORIGIN OF
CHANDIGARH . A COMMITTEE WAS SET UP TO
CHOOSE A SUITABLE SITE, KEEPING IL MIND
VARIOUS FACTORS LIKE MILITARY
VOLNERABILITY, DRINKINNG WATER , CLIMATE
CONDITION ETC. FINALLY, A SITE WAS SELECTED,
BUT THAT WAS IN THE SHAPE OF FORMS,.
 ROCK GARDEN

LOCATION : IN THE FOOTHILLS OF

SHVALIK RANGE
HIGHLIGHTS; EXQUISITE ARTWORD MADE FROM
INDUSTRIAL AND URBAN WASTE CHANDIGARH
ROCK GARDEN IS AN EPITOME OF CREATIVITY
ANDINNOVATION . IT IS A UNIQUE GARDEN THAT
CONSISTS OF VARIOUS ART OBJECTS IS THAT
EACH OF ITS PART ABOUT THE ROCK GARDEN IS
THAT EACH OF ITS ART WORK HAS BEEN MADE BY
USINGH INDUSTRIAL & URBAN WASTE. ROCK
GARDEN HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN THE FORM
OF ON OPEN AIR EXHIBITION HALL.
 PINJORE GARDENS

LOCATION: 20 KMS FROM CHANDIGARH

WHEN IT COMES TO EXCURSIONS AROUND
CHANDIGARH, PINJORE GARDEN DESERVE A
SEPECIAL MENTION ALSO KNOWN ASYADAVINDRA
GARDENS , THEY ARE SITUATED ABOUT 28 KMS
AWAY FROM THE CITY. THE WORK OF CREATING
PINJORE GARDENS BEGAN IN THE SEVENTEETH
CENTURY. IT COVERS A TOTAL AREA OF 100 ACRES,
CHANDIGARH PINJORE GARDEN SERVICES AS THE
VENUE FAR HOSTING THE ANNUAL EVENT OF
MANGO FESTIVAL. THE GARDEN HOUSES A MINI
ZOO,HISTORIC PLACES, JAPNESES GARDEN,
 CHATTBIR ZOO

LOCATION :5 KMS FROM CHANDIGARH ON THE

CHANDIGARH- PATIALA ROAD
HIGHLIGHTS:LION SAFARI CHANDIGARH
CHATTBIR ZOO IS AFAMOUS ZOOLOGICAL
PARK LOCATED AT A DISTANCE OF HOUSES
HUNDREDS OF DIFERENT MAMMELS, BIRDS
AND REPTILES . ONE OF THE MAJOR
ATTRACTION OF THE MAJOR ATTRACTION
OF CHATTBIR ZOO NEAR CHANDIGARH IS
THE LION SAFARI.
 SUKHNA LAKE

LOCATION : IN THE FOOTHILLS OF SHIVALIK

RANGE
HIGHLIGHTS : SUKHNA LAKE IS MAN MADE LAKE
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL LAKE THAT LIES IN THE
FOOTHILLS OF SHIVALIK RANGE . THE UNIQUE
THING ABOUT LAKE IS THAT IT IS A MAN MADE
LAKE . IT IS A 3 KMS LONG LAKE THAT WAS
CREATED IN THE YEAR 1958. IT WAS DONE BY
DUMNING THESUKHNA CHOE, WHICH IS A
SEASONAL STREAM FLOWING DOWN FROM THE
THE SHIVALIK HILLS. SUKHNA LAKE OF
CHANDIGARH . INDIA HAS BECOME AN INTEGRAL
 CAPITAL COMPLEX

CHANDIGARH CAPITOL COMPLEX HOUSES THE

SEAT OF GOVERNMENT . INTALLY , IT SERVED AS
THESEAT ONLY FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF
PUNJAB, BUTNOW IT WAS THE HEADQUARTERS
OF BOTH ,THE GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB AND
HARYANA. THE CREDIT FOR THE AWESOME
DESIGING OF THE CAPITOL COMPLEX GOES TO LE
CURBUSIER. LOCATED IN SECTOR 1 COMPLEX IN
CHANDIGARH, INDIA CONSISTS OF THREE MAN
EDIFICES, NAMELY, THE SECRET ARIAT, THE
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY AND THE HIGH COURT .
THERE WAS A PLAN TO BUILD A FOURTH
 CHANDIGARH ROSE GARDEN

ROSE GARDENOF CHANDIGARH , INDIA IS THE LARGEST

OF ITS KIND OF ASEA , NAMED AFTER INDIA FARMER
PRESIDENT , DR. ZAKIR HUSSIAN THIS BEAUTIFUL
GARDEN WAS SET UP IN 1967 WITH THE SUPPORT OF
CHANDIGARH FIRST CHIEF COMMISSIONER LATE , DR. M
S RANDHAWA CHANDIGARH ROSE GARDEN CONTAINS
MORE THAN 17000 PLANTS , THERE ARE NEARLY 1600
VARIETES OF ROSE OVER THERE .IT IS A SPACIOUS
GARDEN COVERING AN AREA OF 27 ACRES . DR, ZAKIR
HUSSIAN ROSE GARDEN NOT CONSISTS OF THE
 CITY MUSEUM

YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT : 1997

CITY MUSEUM IN CHANDIGARH; INDIA IS
A VERY POPULAR MUSEUM , IT
WASESTABLISH BY THE CHANDIGARH
ADMINSTRATION AT THE TME OF THE
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDIA
INDEPENDENCE IN DECEMBER 1997. THE
PUR POSE OF SETING UP CHANDIGARH
CITY MUSEUM WAS TO COLLECT
PRESERVE AND ARCHITECTURAL
DEVELOPMENT THAT WENT INTO HE
UNIQUE URBAN DESIGNING OF THE CITY
GOVERNMENT MUSEUM & ART
GALLERY

YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1968

HIGHLIGHT: GANDHARA PERIOD STONE
SCULPTURES; MINIATURE PAINTINGS
DECORATIVE AND COINS. LOCATED IN SECTOR 10
GOVERNMENT MUSEUM &ART GALLERY IN
CHANDIGARH IS AVERY FAMOUSTOURIST
ATTRACTION PLACE THAT HOUSES MAGNIFICENT
GANDHARA PERIOD STONE SCULPTURES. THIS
MUSEUM IS OPEN ON ALL AYS EXCEPT FOR
MONDAY . GOVERNMENT MUSEUM &ART
CHANDIGARH PHOTO GALLERY

ROCK ROCK
GARDEN
GARDEN
THANK YOU
TERRICED GARDEN