Politics of Chandigarh

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Chandigarh
चण्डीगढ़
ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ
Union Territory
The Open Hand Monument in Chandigarh
The Open Hand Monument in Chandigarh
Nickname(s): The City Beautiful
Chandigarh is located in India
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
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Country  India
Region Northern India
Completed 1960
Formation 1 Nov, 1966
Named for Hindu goddess Chandi
Government
 • Type Central government
 • Administrator Kaptan Singh Solanki
 • Member of Parliament Kirron Kher
 • Mayor Poonam Sharma
 • Commissioner Vivek Pratap Singh
Area
 • Union Territory 114 km2 (44 sq mi)
Area rank 33
Elevation 350 m (1,150 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Union Territory 1,054,686
 • Rank 29th
 • Density 9,300/km2 (24,000/sq mi)
 • Metro[1] 960,787
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Demonym(s) Chandigarhiya
Language
 • Official[3] English
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Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 160XXX
Telephone code +91-172-XXX-XXXX
ISO 3166 code IN-CH
Vehicle registration CH-01 to CH-04
HDI Increase
0.792
HDI Category high
Literacy 81.9
Website chandigarh.nic.in
The city of Chandigarh comprises all of the union territory's area

Chandigarh is a city and a union territory in the northern part of India that serves as the capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana. As a union territory, the city is ruled directly by the Union Government of India and is not part of either state.

The city of Chandigarh was the first planned city in India post-independence in 1947 and is known internationally for its architecture and urban design.[6]

Normally any place in India has representation at 3 levels: National (Parliamemnt), State (Legislative Assembly) & local (Municipality or Panchayat). Chandigarh being a city-state, and a Union Territory does not have a legislative assembly of its own, even though it hosts the legislative asseblies of two states Punjab & Haryana, being a common capital of both states.

Legislative Assembly (Prior to 1966)

From 1952 to 1966 (the year Haryana was carved out of Punjab) Chandigarh was the capital of Punjab. Citizens of the city were represented in the state's Legislative Assembly and a Chief Commissioner headed the local administration. While Punjab had remained undivided, Chandigarh, like other large cities of India, fitted into the larger framework of the state administration. When Punjab was divided, both Punjab and Haryana claimed the new city for its capital. Pending resolution of the issue, the Central Government made Chandigarh a Union Territory (under Section 4 of the Punjab Re-Organisation Act, 1966, with effect from November 1, 1966) with its administration functioning directly under the Central Government. Under the provisions of this Act, the laws in force in the erstwhile State of Punjab prior to November 1,1966, continue to be applicable to the Union Territory of Chandigarh.[7]

Administrator (After 1966)

Up to May 31, 1984, the Administrator of the UT was designated as "Chief Commissioner". On June 1, 1984, the Governor of Punjab has been functioning as the Administrator of Union Territory of Chandigarh and Chief Commissioner was redesignated as "Adviser to the Administrator". List of Administrators of Chandigarh is as follows:[8]

List of Administrators of Chandigarh
Name From To
Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki 22.01.2015
Shri Shivraj V. Patil 22.01.2010 21.01.2015
Justice O. P. Verma 08.05.2003 15.11.2004
Gen. (Retd.) Dr. S. F. Rodrigues 16.11.2004 22.01.2010
Lt. Gen. (Retd.) J. F. R. Jacob 27.11.1999 08.05.2003
Lt. Gen. (Retd.) B. K. N. Chhibber 18.09.1994 27.11.1999
Shri Surindra Nath 07.08.1991 09.07.1994
Gen. (Retd.) O. P.Malhotra 18.12.1990 07.08.1991
Shri Varinder Verma 14.06.1990 17.12.1990
Shri N. N. Mukarji 08.12.1989 14.06.1990
Shri S. S. Ray 02.04.1986 08.12.1989
Shri S. D. Sharma 26.11.1985 02.04.1986
Shri Arjun Singh 14.03.1985 14.11.1985
Shri K. T. Satarwala 03.07.1984 14.03.1985
Shri Bhairab Datt Pande 01.06.1984 02.07.1984

Parliamentary Constituency

Presently the city is represented in Indian Parliament by Mrs. Kiran Kher of BJP.[9] Prior to her, Mr. Pawan Bansal of Congress was MP from Chandigarh. He became Minister of Railways but had to quit due to corruption charges.

Local Politics

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Mr. Arun Sood is the Mayor of the city.[10]

List of Mayors of Chandigarh
Name From To
Sh. Arun Sood 08.01.16 ---
Smt. Poonam Sharma 06.01.15 07.01.16
Sh. Harphool Chander Kalyan 01.01.14 05.01.15
Sh. Subhash Chawla 01.01.13 31.12.13
Smt. Raj Bala Malik 01.01.12 31.12.12
Sh. Ravinder Pal Singh 01.01.11 31.12.11
Smt. Anu Chatrath 01.01.10 31.12.10
Smt. Kamlesh 01.01.09 31.12.09
Sh. Pardeep Chhabra 01-01-08 31-12-08
Ms.Harjinder Kaur 11-01-07 31-12-07
Sh. Surinder Singh 01-01-06 31-12-06
Smt. Anu Chatrath 01-01-05 31-12-05
Smt. Kamlesh 01-01-04 31-12-04
Sh. Subhash Chawla 01-01-03 31-12-03
Smt. Lalit Joshi 01-01-02 31-12-02
Smt. Harjinder Kaur 18-08-01 22-12-01
Sh. Gurcharan Dass (Acting) 22-07-01 17-08-01
Sh. Raj Kumar Goyal 23-12-00 21-07-01
Sh. Shanta Hit Abhilashi 23-12-99 22-12-00
Sh. Kewal Krishan Addiwal 23-12-98 22-12-99
Sh. Gian Chand Gupta 23-12-97 22-12-98
Smt. Kamla Sharma 23-12-96 22-12-97

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