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The Chimnabai Clock Tower, also known as the Raopura Tower, is a clock tower situated in the Raopura area of Vadodara, Gujarat, India. It was completed in 1896 and named in memory of Chimnabai I (1864–1885), a queen and the first wife of Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda State. It was built in Indo-Saracenic architecture style.
A clock tower is a tower specifically built with one or more (often four) clock faces. Clock towers can be either freestanding or part of a church or municipal building such as a town hall. The mechanism inside the tower is known as a turret clock which often marks the hour (and sometimes segments of an hour) by sounding large bells or chimes ...
As a compensation of the demolition, the clock tower was erected at the cost of ₹ 15,000 (equivalent to ₹ 3.8 million or US$46,000 in 2023). [1] [2] It was inaugurated on 4 April 1915 [1] by prince Jayasingrao Sayajirao Gaekwad. In 2018, the Siddhpur municipality has proposed to develop the tower as a monument. [1] The inscription on the ...
Clock Tower at Christ Church: Kasauli: Himachal Pradesh: Lake Town Clock Tower: Lake Town, Kolkata: West Bengal: Chinnakada Clock Tower: Kollam: Kerala: 1944 Lawrence School, Lovedale Clock Tower Lovedale: Tamil Nadu: Husainabad Clock Tower: Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh: 1881 [10] Chaura Bazaar clock tower: Ludhiana: Punjab: Clock Tower, Meerut ...
Mondeal Heights Tower-A 17 2016 Commercial [26] [27] [28] Mondeal Heights Tower-B 21 Privilon Tower-A 22 2019 Commercial [29] Privilon Tower-B 22 Paarijat Eclat Tower-A 23 2014 Residential [30] Paarijat Eclat Tower-B 23 ITC Narmada 19 2022 Commercial [31] 24 Patang - The Revolving Restaurant 67 metres (219.816 ft) 1 1984 Restaurant
Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) are government owned establishments, which are established and owned by the Government of India or State governments of India.The public sector undertakings are established either by nationalisation or an executive order in case of union government and state government or act of parliament in case of union government and act of state legislature in case of ...
Clock tower formerly part of railway terminus now a freestanding tower [108] [109] 84: Albert Memorial Clock Tower: 43 m (141 ft) 4: Yes: 1869: Freestanding Tower: Clock Tower: United Kingdom: Belfast: Height disputed in sources between 43 m (141 ft) and 34.5 m (113 ft) [110] If the greater height 13th tallest freestanding clock tower [111] 85
Clock towers were placed near the centres of towns and were often the tallest structures there. As clock towers became more common, the designers realized that a dial on the outside of the tower would allow the townspeople to read the time whenever they wanted. The use of clock towers dates back to antiquity.