Secretariat Building is a

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-designed government building built in 1953, located inside the

Chandigarh Capitol Complex Chandigarh Capitol Complex, located in the sector-1 of Chandigarh city in India, is a government compound designed by the architect Le Corbusier and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is spread over an area of around 100 acres and is a prime man ...

which comprises three buildings and three monuments: the Secretariat building, Legislative Assembly building and High Court building, Open Hand Monument, Geometric Hill and Tower of Shadows. In July 2016, the building and several other works by Le Corbusier were inscribed as

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