Raj Bhavan (
translation
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: ''Government House'') is the
official residence
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of the
governor of Punjab and
administrator of Chandigarh. Since 1985, the governor of Punjab has acted as the administrator of Chandigarh too. It is located in the capital city of
Punjab
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...
,
Chandigarh
Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which a ...
.
Summer residence of governor of Punjab is at Hemkunj, in village of
Chharabra,
Shimla
Shimla (; ; also known as Simla, the official name until 1972) is the capital and the largest city of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared as the summer capital of British India. After independence, the ...
.
See also
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Government Houses of the British Indian Empire
*
List of Governors of Punjab (British India)
References
External links
Raj Bhavan WebsiteGovernment of Punjab, Official website
Governors' houses in India
Buildings and structures in Chandigarh
Government of Punjab, India
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