![]() ![]() The three villages are located a half hour’s drive from Chandigarh city. Going by at least five British-era documents, a village by the name of Chandigarh was located in the geographical area of present-day Chandimandir, Chandi Kotla and Chandi villages in Panchkula district of present-day Haryana, lying on the Ambala-Kalka highway. ![]() The first official mention of Chandigarh is in the Ambala Gazette of 1883-84. The name Chandigarh existed much before the city and the fort in question is in ruins and nearly razed to the ground now, neglected by governments all this time. But there’s a twist in this 75-year-old tale. CHANDIGARH: The government’s version of how Chandigarh got its name has been consistent over the years: it came up as the new capital of the recently-partitioned, yet-to-be-trifurcated Punjab in the 1950s and took its name from a fort beyond Chandimandir temple. ![]()
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