Chandigarh's Le Corbusier: The Struggle for Modernity in Postcolonial India by Vikramaditya Prakash

Chandigarh's Le Corbusier: The Struggle for Modernity in Postcolonial India

Studies in Modernity and National Identity

Vikramaditya Prakash

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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 na...

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