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PORTRAIT OF A CITY

on BBC Home Service Basic

Chandigarh
In 1947 the partition of the Indian sub-continent left the Indian state of the Punjab without a capita] city. A new city was planned, and building under the direction of such world-famous architects as Le Corbusier and Albert Mayer is still going on. JAVA THADANI considers the progress made since 1953
Recording broadcast by courtesy of All-India Radio Broadcast on September 24 followed by an interlude

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Albert Mayer

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