Secretariat Building, Chandigarh

{{Short description|Building in Chandigarh, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}}

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| completion_date = 1953

| architect = Le Corbusier

| coordinates = {{coord|30|45|40|N|76|48|02|E|display=inline,title}}

| map_type = India Chandigarh

| image = Secretariat Chandigarh.jpg

| caption = Facade of the Secretariat building

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|designation1 = World Heritage Site

|designation1_offname = The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement

|designation1_date = 17 July 2016

|designation1_number = 1321rev

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Secretariat Building is a Le Corbusier-designed{{Cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/le-corbusiers-capitol-complex-a-mess-in-dire-need-of-facelift/760264/0 |title=Le Corbusier's Capitol Complex a mess,in dire need of facelift |date=10 March 2011 |access-date=29 January 2013 |archive-date=27 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127083613/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/le-corbusiers-capitol-complex-a-mess-in-dire-need-of-facelift/760264/0 |url-status=live }} building in Chandigarh completed in 1953 to house the offices of the Chief Secretary of the Indian state of East Punjab. Since the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 split East Punjab into Haryana and Punjab, Chandigarh has been the capital of both states and the Secretariat Building is shared by their respective Chief Secretaries.

The Secretariat Building is one of three buildings and three monuments in the Chandigarh Capitol Complex,{{Cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh-s-capitol-complex-is-now-a-unesco-heritage-site-all-you-need-to-know/story-B3hHy2vXiepSGyM5uXVOYJ.html |title=capitol complex is now UNESCO heritage site |access-date=18 July 2016 |archive-date=19 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719125628/http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh-s-capitol-complex-is-now-a-unesco-heritage-site-all-you-need-to-know/story-B3hHy2vXiepSGyM5uXVOYJ.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/capitol-complex-as-le-corbusier-wanted-it/635844/ |title=Capitol Complex,as le Corbusier wanted it,remains incomplete |date=19 June 2010 |access-date=29 January 2013 |archive-date=27 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127074822/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/capitol-complex-as-le-corbusier-wanted-it/635844 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=128775 |title=City News, Indian City Headlines, Latest City News, Metro City News}}{{dead link|date=February 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} which is one of 17 sites dubbed "The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier" inscribed in July 2016 as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.{{cite web |title=The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1321/ |website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |publisher=United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |access-date=19 July 2016 |language=en |archive-date=9 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409231831/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1321/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/buddha-bihar-nalanda-mahavihara-unesco-world-heritage-site-chandigarh/1/717209.html |title=Tile: UNESCO approves all 3 Indian nominations for heritage tag, Publisher: India Today news, Published on: 18 July 2016, Accessed on: 18 July 2016 |access-date=18 July 2016 |archive-date=19 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719134259/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/buddha-bihar-nalanda-mahavihara-unesco-world-heritage-site-chandigarh/1/717209.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=15 July 2016 |agency=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |access-date=15 July 2016 |language=en |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1524 |title=Four sites inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List |work=whc.unesco.org |archive-date=16 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716131638/https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1524 |url-status=live }}