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Historians say
Conceived in the aftermath of Partition, when Punjab lost Lahore. India initially withdrew from the nomination and re-participated in 2014.
Historians say
The head of the city. A 66-hectare government compound comprising the Palace of Assembly, the Secretariat, the Punjab and Haryana High Court and the Open Hand Monument, with water bodies, the Tower of Shadows and the Geometric Hill between them. Component 14 of a 17-site transnational serial property, reference 1321rev-014, criteria (i)(ii)(vi), inscribed July 2016 at the 40th session in Istanbul. Buffer zone 195 ha.