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Chandigarh's Le Corbusier: The Struggle for Modernity in Postcolonial India (Studies in Modernity and National Identity)
Chandigarh's Le Corbusier The Struggle for Modernity in Postcolonial India - Studies in Modernity and National Identity
Author: Vikramaditya Prakash
When India emerged from colonial rule in 1947, the division of Punjab left its historic capital, Lahore, in newly created Pakistan. Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru insisted that Punjab's new capital, Chandigarh, should be a symbol of the nation's faith in the future, unfettered by the traditions of the past. Its design and construction ga...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780295982076
ISBN-10: 0295982071
Publication Date: 8/2002
Pages: 178
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Publisher: University of Washington Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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