The city of Chandigarh , within the Chandigarh union territory, serves as the capital of that territory and also the states of Haryana and Punjab. Haryana was created in 1966 from the partition of the former state of Punjab into Punjabi-speaking Punjab and Hindi-speaking Haryana. Learn about the history, geography and culture of Chandigarh, the joint capital of Haryana and Punjab. Find out how Chandigarh was planned, why it is called the City Beautiful and what are its attractions. Haryana is a state in northern India with Chandigarh as its capital. Chandigarh is also the capital of Punjab and a union territory. Learn more about the history, geography and administration of Haryana and Chandigarh. The state and union territory capitals are sorted according to administrative, legislative and judicial capitals. The administrative capital is where the executive government offices are located. The legislative capital is where the legislative assembly is located and the judicial capital is where the states or union territories' high courts are located.
