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History
After the partition of India in 1947, tens of thousands of migrants from West Punjab settled in the eastern towns within India. Lahore, the capital of undivided Punjab, went to Pakistan. The Indian side was left without a capital city. These two factors led the selection of a site in the foothills of the Shivalik range in 1948 for building a new capital city. Deriving its name from an existing village, Chandi (the powerful Goddess) – Garh (fortress) was symbolic of the new energy that powered a rebuilding mission in post-Independence India.
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Economy
Though the original plans for Chandigarh did not include an industrial area, it was later realised that industries would boost the economy of the city and help it grow. Today, there are some 580 factories in the city, including 15 large or medium scale units and 2100 small-scale units. The major industries are food products, metal products, machine tools, electrical goods, transport equipment, pharmaceuticals, leather goods and plastic goods. Many of the small-scale units are ancillary units supplying the large industries around Chandigarh.
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