“Why would an unknown person who was already wanted by the police for murder attract even more police attention by killing someone who was no longer a chief minister? Could there have been a deeper political conspiracy?” the book says, quoting the Kairon family. ![]() The book records how the Kairon family suspected “political foul play” after a CBI probe into the assassination was denied despite requests from Punjab MLAs. “If he had more time, the history of this region would have been different”.Ĭuriously, the book puts the spotlight on the rivalry between Kairon and then Punjab Congress leader Chaudhary Devi Lal, who later became deputy prime minister and Haryana chief minister, raising a question mark on the “closeness” between the latter and one of the four assassins of Kairon, who was a favourite of then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and one of the tallest leader in post-Partition Punjab. “This is an honest effort to tell the true story of the man who had such a deep and long-lasting impact on Punjab, says the preface of the book, Partap Singh Kairon: A Visionary, which shares authorship with Panjab University historian M Rajivlochan and his civil servant wife Meeta Rajivlochan. The book records how the Kairon family suspected political foul play after a CBI probe into the assassination in 1965 was denied despite requests from Punjab MLAs.(Keshav Singh/HT) ![]() Author Gurinder Singh Kairon with the book, Partap Singh Kairon: A Visionary, in Chandigarh. The Capitol Complex in Chandigarh, India, is considered one of the most significant pieces of the architect's realised body of works, commissioned in the course of what Le Corbusier referred to as 'patient research'.Chandigarh Fifty-five years after the assassination of Partap Singh Kairon, who was chief minister of an undivided Punjab for eight years (1956-64), a book co-authored by his younger son Gurinder Singh Kairon has raked up political conspiracy in the murder that has so far been considered a closed chapter in turbulent history of the border state. His five-decade career is worth exploring as it included structures which are present across Europe, Japan, India and North and South America. The architectural works of Le Corbusier are a stupendous contribution to the Modern Movement and are named UNESCO World Heritage Sites that include 17 building projects from all over the world. Lenain showed interest in cherishing the joint legacy. The French delegation was mesmerized to see that some of the heritage furniture is still being used in the main library. They were impressed with the beam and open staircase design in Research Block A. The delegation visited the Nehru Hospital, Main Library and Research Block A. Prof Lal also mentioned the typical heritage furniture available in PGIMER, Chandigarh. The Institute became an autonomous body under the Act of Parliament in 1967 functioning under the Ministry of Health. After the reorganization of the state, the administrative control of the institute passed on to the Union Territory of Chandigarh in November 1966. ![]() The Institute was originally under the Government of undivided Punjab. The institute started in 1962 and Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru inaugurated the hospital now named " Nehru Hospital" on July 7th, 1963. The PGIMER owes its inception to the vision of the late Sardar Partap Singh Kairon, the then Chief Minister of Punjab and the distinguished medical educationists of the then combined state of Punjab, supported by the first Prime Minister of India Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru. He mentioned that French Architects Le Corbusier's and Pierre Jeanneret designed several iconic buildings in the city, including the main building of PGIMER, known as Nehru Hospital. Prof Vivek Lal, Director, PGIMER, Chandigarh, welcomed all the dignitaries. The delegation included also included Bertrand Lortholary, Director General for Asia-Pacific, French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, and Emmanuel Moulin, Director-General for the Treasury, French Ministry of Economy and Finance, reported PGIMER, Chandigarh. Chandigarh January 8 (ANI): A three-member delegation from France, headed by French Ambassador, Emmanuel Lenain on Saturday France visited the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, designed by famous architect Le Corbusier.
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