新的数字档案显示尼赫鲁1961年拒绝旁遮普省为建造昌迪加尔而申请资金的请求。 A new digital archive reveals Nehru's 1961 rejection of Punjab’s request for funding to build Chandigarh.

贾瓦哈拉尔·尼赫鲁纪念基金从尼赫鲁的个人和正式文件中公布了77 000页的数字档案,包括详细说明他与旁遮普首席部长帕塔普·辛格·凯伦(Partap Singh Kairon)在为昌迪加尔(Chandigarh)首都项目筹资问题上的分歧的信件。 The Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund has released a digital archive of 77,000 pages from Nehru’s personal and official documents, including letters detailing his disagreements with Punjab’s Chief Minister Partap Singh Kairon over funding the Chandigarh capital project. Kairon在1961年的一封信中报告说,花掉了22.2卢比,其中8.53卢比被视为非生产性,并要求提供7.53卢比的作物补贴,并援引先前的保证。 In a 1961 letter, Kairon reported Rs 22.2 crore spent, with Rs 8.53 crore deemed unproductive, and requested a Rs 7.53 crore subsidy, citing prior assurances. 尼赫鲁以财政拮据和责任不明确为由拒绝。 Nehru declined, citing financial constraints and unclear responsibility. 档案中还包括敦促尊重建筑师Le Corbusier和主要官员的信函,今后将分阶段提供来自拉宾德拉纳特·塔戈尔等人物的信件,以及索尼娅·甘地提供的私人信件。 The archive also includes correspondence urging respect for architect Le Corbusier and key officials, with future phases to feature letters from figures like Rabindranath Tagore and private letters if offered by Sonia Gandhi.