North Zone Cultural Centre | |
Uttara Kṣētra Sāṁskr̥tika Kēṁdra | |
| Formation | March 23, 1985 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Rajiv Gandhi |
| Type | Zonal Cultural Centre |
| Purpose | Education, preservation and promotion of arts and culture |
| Location | |
| Website | www |
North Zone Cultural Centre or NZCC (ISO: Uttara Kṣētra Sāṁskr̥tika Kēṁdra) in Patiala in Punjab state was first among several regional cultural centres established by Government of India to preserve and promote arts, crafts, traditions and cultural heritage of the Indian states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Rajasthan, as well as the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Chandigarh.[1]
Establishment of North Zone Culture Centre was announced by then Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi during his visit to Hussainiwala, Punjab on 23 March 1985.
The North Cultural Zone is one of seven Cultural Zones of India defined and provided with administrative infrastructure by the Government of India.[2]
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- ^ "North Zone Cultural Centre". Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ West Zone Culture Center, West Zone Culture Centre, retrieved 15 December 2010,
... West Zone Cultural Centre (WZCC) with its headquarters at Udaipur is one of the seven Zonal Cultural Centres set up during 1986-87, under the direct initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India ...