Sabeer Bhatia, founder of Hotmail

Sabeer Bhatia, better known as the founder of Hotmail, was born in Chandigarh, in 1968. He did his schooling from St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bangalore. He graduated from Caltech and went to Stanford to pursue his MS in Electrical Engineering.

After completing his Masters, his first job was at Apple computers. He teamed up with his partner to create a web-based e-mail system called Hotmail which become a hugely successful email application. Microsoft bought Hotmail on December 30th, 1997, for a reported sum of $400M. After the success of Hotmail, Bhatia in 1999, started another venture, Arzoo Inc, which however had to be shut down in 2006, later, Arzoo was relaunched as a travel portal.

Sabeer Bhatia has won several honors and awards. The major awards include: “Entrepreneur of the Year,” awarded by the venture capital firm (1997); and “TR100” award, presented by MIT. He was also named by TIME as one of the “People to Watch” in International Business (2002).

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FUNCITY in Ramgarh

Funcity, 20km from Chandigarh is the  biggest Amusement Park and Water  Park  in  entire northern region, is spread over 43 acres of scenic land. It is a unique combination of Amusement Park, Water Park and Resort. Here we can find exiting and hi-tech hydraulic rides (Razzle-Dazzle, Big Apple, Crazy Cars, Fun Slide, Fun Flight, Big  Wheel, Fun Willies etc.)  in Amusement Park for both children and adults. Wunder Water – the first and the biggest wet park in the region has three landing pools, one activity pool, one wave pool and 16 water  slides of different sizes and shape including a few  small ones  for  children. New rides like Aqua dance, lazy river, splash pool, Slides like Typhoon tunnel, White multi lane white slide, Run away raft slide, Red dragon slide, Pendulum slide have also been introduced.

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National Gallery Of Portraits in Chandigarh

National gallery was established in 1977 and is situated at Sector-17B in Chandigarh. It exhibits a journey of India’s struggle for freedom from the rising of 1857 to the achievement of freedom in 1947.

Here, you can find the portraits of famous Indian Freedom Fighters like Gandhiji and Pandit Jawaha Lal Nehru and also other freedom fighters recorded voices.

Apart from this, an amazing library with outstanding collection of books gives a vast account of the freedom movement. The gallery also exhibits more than 1000 photographs and duplicate of original rare documents, ceramic murals and sculptures. National Gallery of Portraits also houses a film on the freedom movement of India.

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About Chandigarh

Chandigarh is located in northwest India. It is not only a Union Territory, but also the capital of the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana. Chandigarh is the first ‘planned’ city of India. The city site was selected in 1948 after a careful survey, including an aerial reconnaissance.

The city has neatly laid out roads and parks, and wide boulevards lined by endless rows of trees. Most of the buildings are closely spaced and laid out in continuous rows. This is called ‘terrace housing‘.

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Sukhna Lake, Great picnic spot

Sukhna Lake is a beautiful lake that lies in the foothills of Shivalik range. This 3-square-kilometre rain fed lake was created in 1958 by damming the Sukhna Choe, a seasonal stream coming down from the Shivalik Hills.

People visit this place in the morning to enjoy the cool breeze and the beauty of nature. Chandigarh Sukhna Lake serves as a great picnic spot and an apt place for pursuing water sport activities like boating, yachting and water skiing etc.

The Sukhna Lake attracts migratory birds from places/lands as far as Siberia and elsewhere.

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