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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 ...
The central hotel tower, which is the Mecca Clock Royal Tower, is the fourth-tallest building and sixth-tallest freestanding structure in the world. [1] The clock tower contains the Clock Tower Museum that occupies the top four floors of the tower.
12 February 1962 Aligarh Clock Tower: Aligarh: Uttar Pradesh [2] Bahraich Clock Tower: Bahraich: Uttar Pradesh: Clock Tower Bijnor: Bijnor: Uttar Pradesh: Ghantaghar Bhagalpur: Bihar: Chennai Central railway station: Chennai: Tamil Nadu: 1900 Clock tower Chennai: Tamil Nadu: 1948 [3] [4] Ripon Building: Chennai: Tamil Nadu: 1913 Annamalai ...
Rajabai Clock Tower: 85.3 m (280 ft) 4: Yes: 1878: Freestanding Tower: Clock tower: India: Mumbai: 6th tallest freestanding clock tower in the world. A UNESCO World Heritage site [60] 44: Allen-Bradley Clock Tower: 85.3 m (280 ft) 4: Yes: 1963: Tower Building: Clock Tower: USA: Milwaukee: Clock faces are 12.25 m (40.2 ft) [61] 45: Manchester ...
In Song dynasty China, an astronomical clock tower was designed by Su Song and erected at Kaifeng in 1088, featuring a liquid escapement mechanism. [2] In England, a clock was put up in a clock tower, the medieval precursor to Big Ben, at Westminster, in 1288; [3] [4] and in 1292 a clock was put up in Canterbury Cathedral. [3]
The company was founded by Odhavaji Raghavji Patel in 1971. It is known for the manufacturing clocks.. In 2008, the company unsuccessfully tried to enter the automotive industry with the Oreva Super, a low-cost electric car.