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.
Normally any place in India has representation at 3 levels: National (Parliament), 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 assemblies of two states Punjab & Haryana, being a common capital of both states. It has its own Municipal Corporation (MCC), which acts as the local governing authority of Chandigarh. The MCC is one of the most powerful local authorities in India as it serves both as a regional and local authority.
Legislative Assembly (Before 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 1 November 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 before 1 November 1966, continue to apply to the Union Territory of Chandigarh.
Administrator (After 1966) Up to 31 May 1984, the Administrator of the UT was designated as "Chief Commissioner". On 1 June 1984, the Governor of Punjab has been functioning as the Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh and Chief Commissioner was redesignated as "Adviser to the Administrator". List of Administrators of Chandigarh is as follows:
+ List of Administrators of Chandigarh Name From To Shri B. D. Pande 01.06.1984 03.07.1984 Shri K. T. Satarawala 03.07.1984 14.03.1985 Shri Arjun Singh 14.03.1985 14.11.1985 Shri Hokishe Sema 14.11.1985 26.11.1985 Shri S. D. Sharma 26.11.1985 02.04.1986 Shri S. S. Ray 02.04.1986 08.12.1989 Shri N. N. Mukarji 08.12.1989 14.06.1990 Shri Virendra Verma 14.06.1990 18.12.1990 Gen. O. P. Malhotra 18.12.1990 07.08.1991 Shri Surendra Nath 07.08.1991 09.07.1994 Shri S. P. Kurdukar 10.07.1994 18.09.1994 Lt. Gen. B. K. N. Chhibber 18.09.1994 27.11.1999 Lt. Gen. J. F. R. Jacob 27.11.1999 08.05.2003 Justice O. P. Verma 08.05.2003 03.11.2004 Shri A. R. Kidwai 03.11.2004 16.11.2004 Gen. S. F. Rodrigues 16.11.2004 22.01.2010 Shri Shivraj V. Patil 22.01.2010 22.01.2015 Prof. K. S. Solanki 22.01.2015 22.08.2016 Shri V. P. Singh Badnore 22.08.2016 30.08.2021 Shri Banwarilal Purohit 31.08.2021 30.07.2024 Shri G. C. J. Kataria 31.07.2024 Present
Parliamentary Constituency
Presently the city is represented in Indian Parliament by Manish Tewari of Congress. Before him, Kirron Kher of BJP was MP from Chandigarh.
Local politics
Mrs Raj Bala Malik is the mayor of the city.
+ List of mayors of Chandigarh Name From To Smt. Kamla Sharma 23 December 1996 22 December 1997 Sh. Gian Chand Gupta 23 December 1997 22 December 1998 Sh. Kewal Krishan Addiwal 23 December 1998 22 December 1999 Sh. Shanta Hit Abhilashi 23 December 1999 22 December 2000 Sh. Raj Kumar Goyal 23 December 2000 21 July 2001 Sh. Gurcharan Dass (Acting) 22 July 2001 17 August 2001 Smt. Harjinder Kaur 18 August 2001 22 December 2001 Smt. Lalit Joshi 1 January 2002 31 December 2002 Sh. Subhash Chawla 1 January 2003 31 December 2003 Smt. Kamlesh 1 January 2004 31 December 2004 Smt. Anu Chatrath 1 January 2005 31 December 2005 Sh. Surinder Singh 1 January 2006 31 December 2006 Ms. Harjinder Kaur 11 January 2007 31 December 2007 Sh. Pardeep Chhabra 1 January 2008 31 December 2008 Smt. Kamlesh 1 January 2009 31 December 2009 Smt. Anu Chatrath 1 January 2010 31 December 2010 Sh. Ravinder Pal Singh 1 January 2011 31 December 2011 Smt. Raj Bala Malik 1 January 2012 31 December 2012 Sh. Subhash Chawla 1 January 2013 31 December 2013 Sh. Harphool Chander Kalyan 1 January 2014 5 January 2015 Smt. Poonam Sharma 6 January 2015 7 January 2016 Sh. Arun Sood 8 January 2016 31 December 2016 Smt. Asha Kumari Jaswal 12 January 2017 8 January 2018 Sh. Davesh Moudgil 9 January 2018 19 January 2019 Sh. Rajesh Kumar Kalia 19 January 2019 9 January 2020Raj Bala Malik 10 January 2020 17 January 2023
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