Chandigarh (ind)

Chandigarh

Chandigarh ranks 979th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Warrington, Changsha, and Marburg. Memorable people born in Chandigarh include Neerja Bhanot, Kapil Dev, and Yuvraj Singh. Memorable people who died in Chandigarh include Zail Singh, Milkha Singh, and Nek Chand. Chandigarh has been the birth place of many actors, and cricketers and the death place of many politicians, and athletes. Chandigarh is located in India.

Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northern India, serving as the shared capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana. Situated near the foothills of the Himalayas, it borders Haryana to the east and Punjab in the remaining directions. Chandigarh constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which also includes the adjacent satellite cities of Panchkula in Haryana and Mohali in Punjab. It is located 260 km north of New Delhi and 229 km southeast of Amritsar. Read more on Wikipedia