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	\| caption = Varma (left) with Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret		\| caption = Varma (left) with Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in 1955
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1920\|12\|6}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|df=yes\|1920\|12\|6}}
	\| birth_place = [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]], India		\| birth_place = [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]], India
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	'''Parmeshwari Lal Varma''' (born December 6, ~~1920~~) is an Indian civil engineer and a former chief engineer of [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]].<ref name="Chandigarh History">{{Cite web \|url=https://phantomhands.in/pages/the-chandigarh-story \|title=Chandigarh History \|date=2018-05-28 \|website=Phantom Hands \|language=en \|access-date=2018-05-28}}</ref> He served as an associate of [[Le Corbusier]], the [[Swiss people\|Swiss]]-[[French people\|French]] architect, who designed the city of [[Chandigarh]].<ref name="Photographs of Pierre Jeanneret and others at Chandigarh, India">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/search/details/collection/object/445419 \|title=Photographs of Pierre Jeanneret and others at Chandigarh, India \|date=2018-05-28 \|website=www.cca.qc.ca \|language=en \|access-date=2018-05-28}}</ref><ref name="P.L. Varma, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/search/details/collection/object/434419 \|title=P.L. Varma, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret \|date=2018-05-28 \|website=www.cca.qc.ca \|language=en \|access-date=2018-05-28}}</ref> There have been reports that Le Corbusier wanted Verma to assist him even past his retirement from service for which [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the then prime minister of India, unsuccessfully requested the [[Government of Punjab, India\|Government of Punjab]] for the extension of Verma's service.<ref name="How Modi Can Win Friends and Influence People">{{Cite news \|url=https://thewire.in/politics/how-modi-can-win-friends-and-influence-people \|title=How Modi Can Win Friends and Influence People \|date=December 4, 2015 \|work=The Wire \|access-date=2018-05-28}}</ref> His involvement in the making of Chandigarh has been documented in a book, ''Le Corbusier Rediscovered: Chandigarh and Beyond'', in which he has written a special article.<ref name="Architects of change">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/life-style/architects-of-change/509155.html \|title=Architects of change \|date=December 7, 2017 \|work=The Tribune \|access-date=May ~~28,~~ 2018}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest Indian civilian award, in 1971.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/ \|title=Padma Awards \|date=2018-05-17 \|website=Padma Awards \|publisher=Government of India \|access-date=2018-05-17}}</ref>
			'''Parmeshwari Lal Varma''' (born 6 December 1920, date of death unknown), often shortened to '''P. L. Varma''', is an Indian civil engineer and a former chief engineer of [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]].<ref name="Chandigarh History">{{Cite web \|url=https://phantomhands.in/pages/the-chandigarh-story \|title=Chandigarh History \|date=2018-05-28 \|website=Phantom Hands \|language=en \|access-date=2018-05-28}}</ref> He served as an associate of [[Le Corbusier]], the [[Swiss people\|Swiss]]-[[French people\|French]] architect, who designed the city of [[Chandigarh]].<ref name="Photographs of Pierre Jeanneret and others at Chandigarh, India">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/search/details/collection/object/445419 \|title=Photographs of Pierre Jeanneret and others at Chandigarh, India \|date=2018-05-28 \|website=www.cca.qc.ca \|language=en \|access-date=2018-05-28}}</ref><ref name="P.L. Varma, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/search/details/collection/object/434419 \|title=P.L. Varma, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret \|date=2018-05-28 \|website=www.cca.qc.ca \|language=en \|access-date=2018-05-28}}</ref> There have been reports that Le Corbusier wanted Verma to assist him even past his retirement from service for which [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the then prime minister of India, unsuccessfully requested the [[Government of Punjab, India\|Government of Punjab]] for the extension of Verma's service.<ref name="How Modi Can Win Friends and Influence People">{{Cite news \|url=https://thewire.in/politics/how-modi-can-win-friends-and-influence-people \|title=How Modi Can Win Friends and Influence People \|date=4 December 2015 \|work=The Wire \|access-date=2018-05-28}}</ref> His involvement in the making of Chandigarh has been documented in a book, ''Le Corbusier Rediscovered: Chandigarh and Beyond'', in which he has written a special article.<ref name="Architects of change">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/life-style/architects-of-change/509155.html \|title=Architects of change \|date=7 December 2017 \|work=The Tribune \|access-date=28 May 2018}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest Indian civilian award, in 1971.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/ \|title=Padma Awards \|date=2018-05-17 \|website=Padma Awards \|publisher=Government of India \|access-date=2018-05-17}}</ref> In June 2001, ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|The Tribune]]'' noted that Verma was deceased.<ref>{{cite web \|title=PGI’s regional role \|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010618/mailbag.htm \|website=The Tribune \|access-date=25 November 2021}}</ref>

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	== Further reading ==		== Further reading ==
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'''Parmeshwari Lal Varma''' (born December 6, 1920) is an Indian civil engineer and a former chief engineer of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref name="Chandigarh History">{{Cite web |url=https://phantomhands.in/pages/the-chandigarh-story |title=Chandigarh History |date=2018-05-28 |website=Phantom Hands |language=en |access-date=2018-05-28}}</ref> He served as an associate of [[Le Corbusier]], the [[Swiss people|Swiss]]-[[French people|French]] architect, who designed the city of [[Chandigarh]].<ref name="Photographs of Pierre Jeanneret and others at Chandigarh, India">{{Cite web |url=https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/search/details/collection/object/445419 |title=Photographs of Pierre Jeanneret and others at Chandigarh, India |date=2018-05-28 |website=www.cca.qc.ca |language=en |access-date=2018-05-28}}</ref><ref name="P.L. Varma, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret">{{Cite web |url=https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/search/details/collection/object/434419 |title=P.L. Varma, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret |date=2018-05-28 |website=www.cca.qc.ca |language=en |access-date=2018-05-28}}</ref> There have been reports that Le Corbusier wanted Verma to assist him even past his retirement from service for which [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the then prime minister of India, unsuccessfully requested the [[Government of Punjab, India|Government of Punjab]] for the extension of Verma's service.<ref name="How Modi Can Win Friends and Influence People">{{Cite news |url=https://thewire.in/politics/how-modi-can-win-friends-and-influence-people |title=How Modi Can Win Friends and Influence People |date=December 4, 2015 |work=The Wire |access-date=2018-05-28}}</ref> His involvement in the making of Chandigarh has been documented in a book, ''Le Corbusier Rediscovered: Chandigarh and Beyond'', in which he has written a special article.<ref name="Architects of change">{{Cite news |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/life-style/architects-of-change/509155.html |title=Architects of change |date=December 7, 2017 |work=The Tribune |access-date=May 28, 2018}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest Indian civilian award, in 1971.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/ |title=Padma Awards |date=2018-05-17 |website=Padma Awards |publisher=Government of India |access-date=2018-05-17}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Maxwell Fry]]
* [[Jane Drew]]
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==References==
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== Further reading ==
* {{Cite book |title=Le Corbusier Rediscovered : Chandigarh and beyond. |last=Rajnish Wattas, Deepika Gandhi |date=2018 |publisher=Niyogi Books |isbn=978-9385285851 |location=India |oclc=1014063541}}

==External links==
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/search/details/collection/object/439374 |title=P. Jeanneret with Dr Randhawa, P.L. Varma and other Architects |date=2018-05-28 |website=Canadian Centre for Architecture |language=en |access-date=2018-05-28}}

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[[Category:Scientists from Chandigarh]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian engineers]]

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