Chandigarh is a capitl of punjab ? or chandigarh is a capital of hariyana... ?

India
December 15, 2009 1:48pm CST
chandigarh is a capital of punjab or hariyana state, . i never search right answer that, chandigar is part of which state. I need right answer only.
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
15 Dec 09
Wikipedia says Chandigarh "is a union territory of India, that serves as the capital of two states, Punjab and Haryana (Since 1966). ... On 1 November,1966, the newly-formed Indian state of Haryana was carved out of the eastern portion of the Punjab, in order to create Haryana as a majority Hindi speaking state, while the western portion of Punjab retained a mostly Punjabi language-speaking majority and remained as the current day Punjab. However, the city of Chandigarh was on the border, and was thus created into a union territory to serve as capital of both these states." Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandigarh