Chandigarh is a union territory and planned city in northern India, serving as the shared capital of the surrounding states, namely Punjab to the north, west and the south, and Haryana to the east. 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 situated near the foothills of the Himalayas, 260 km north of New Delhi and 229 km southeast of Amritsar.
An official residence is the residence of a head of state, head of government, governor, religious leader, leaders of international organizations, or other senior figure. It may be the same place where they conduct their work-related functions.
Punjab and Haryana High Court is the common High Court for the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh based in Chandigarh, India. Sanctioned strength of Judges of this High Court is 85 consisting of 64 Permanent Judges and 21 Additional Judges including Chief Justice. As of 4th August 2023, there are 59 Judges working in the High Court, comprising 37 Permanent and 22 Additional Judges.
The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab in India. The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. At present, it consists of 117 members, directly elected from 117 single-seat constituencies. The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years unless dissolved sooner. The Speaker of the sixteenth assembly is Kultar Singh Sandhwan. The meeting place of the Legislative Assembly since 6 March 1961 is the Vidhan Bhavan in Chandigarh.
The Raj Bhavan at Darjeeling is the summer residence for the Governor of West Bengal, It is located in the city of Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Haryana Raj Bhavan is the Raj Bhavan or official residence of the Governor of Haryana, India. It is located in Chandigarh, the shared capital of the states of Haryana and Punjab, on the shore of Sukhna Lake, just north of Punjab Raj Bhavan, residence of the governor of Punjab
Raj Bhavan is the official winter residence of the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located in the Winter capital city Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir.
Raj Bhavan is the official residence of the governor of Madhya Pradesh. It is located in the capital city of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
Raj Bhavan is the official residence of the governor of Manipur. The present structure was completed in 1898 after the old thatched roofed structure was destroyed in the Anglo-Manipuri War of 1891. It is located in the capital city of Imphal, Manipur and the area of the campus is 16 acres (65,000 m2). The present governor of Manipur is Anusuiya Uikey.
Raj Bhavan is the official residence of the governor of Mizoram. It is located in the capital city of Aizawl, Mizoram.
Raj Bhavan, literally the "Governor's Residence," is the official residence of the governor of Tamil Nadu. It is located in Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu.
Raj Bhavan is the official summer residence of the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located in the summer capital city Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.
The Government of Haryana, also known as the State Government of Haryana, or locally as the State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Haryana and its 22 districts. It consists of an executive, ceremonially led by the Governor of Haryana and otherwise by the Chief Minister, a judiciary, and a legislative branch.
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 Punjab Reorganisation Act was passed by the Indian Parliament on 18 September 1966, separating territory from the state of Punjab, most of which formed the new state of Haryana. Some was transferred to Himachal Pradesh, then a Union territory; while Chandigarh, the capital of Punjab, was made a temporary Union territory to serve as the provisional capital of both Punjab and Haryana. The larger state of Punjab had been formed under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 by merging East Punjab and PEPSU. The 1966 separation was the result of the Punjabi Suba movement, which agitated for the creation of a Punjabi-speaking state ; in the process a majority Hindi-speaking state was created.
Raj Bhavan is the official residence of the governor of Tripura. The incumbent governor of Tripura is Hon'ble Shri Tathagata Roy. The residence is located in the state's capital city of Agartala. A new Raj Bhavan was built and inaugurated in April 2018. The previous Raj Bhavan was built in 1917, and was known as the Pushbanta Palace prior to India's independence. The previous Raj Bhavan edifice is intended to become a museum and research center in honor of King of Tripura, Maharaja Birendra Kishore Manikya.
The second Raj Bhavan or Governor's House of Uttarakhand is located in Nainital, it is the summer retreat of the governor of Uttarakhand. In the pre-Independence era, Nainital served as the summer capital of United Provinces and this building, built like a Scottish castle was christened as the "Government House". Raj Bhavan was built by the British as the residence of the governor of the North-Western Provinces. The beginning of construction of Raj Bhavan started in April 1897 and took two years to complete. It is built on European pattern and based on Gothic architecture. The designers of Raj Bhavan at Nainital were Architect Stevens and the Executive Engineer F. O. W. Ortel. After independence it was renamed as Raj Bhavan.
Raj Bhavan, Chandigarh may refer to buildings located in Chandigarh:
Raj Bhavan is the official residence of the governor of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India.
