List of clock towers in India

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This is a list of notable clock towers in India. [1]

List

NameCity/TownState/ProvinceBuiltImageNotes
Sundarbai Khandelwal Tower Akola Maharashtra 12 February 1962 Khandelwal Tower.png
Aligarh Clock Tower Aligarh Uttar Pradesh Aligarh clock house.jpg [2]
Bahraich Clock Tower Bahraich Uttar Pradesh Bahraich Clock Tower.jpg
Chennai Central railway station Chennai Tamil Nadu 1900 Chennai train station.jpg
Clock tower Chennai Tamil Nadu 1948 Chennai Royapettah clock tower.jpg [3] [4]
Ripon Building Chennai Tamil Nadu 1913 Ripon Building Chennai.JPG
Annamalai University Clock Tower Chidambaram Tamil Nadu The Administrative Building, Annamalai University 01.JPG
TNAU Clock Tower Coimbatore Tamil Nadu Tnau CBE.jpg
Ghantaghar Dehradun Uttarakhand 1953 Dehradun India 2006-11.JPG [5]
Ghantaghar Delhi National Capital Territory 1870 Kissen1910.jpg Partially collapsed in 1950 and subsequently dismantled
Ghantaghar Delhi National Capital Territory Clock Tower, Subzi Mandi.JPG
Hari Nagar Ghantaghar Delhi National Capital Territory
Clock Tower, Erode Erode Tamil Nadu Erode street life.jpg
Clock tower Faizabad Uttar Pradesh Faizabad.jpg
Ram Narain Periwal Clock Tower Fazilka Punjab
Ghantaghar Gorakhpur Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh 1930
Clock Tower of Haridwar Haridwar Uttarakhand 1938 Clock Tower of Haridwar.tif
IIEST Shibpur clock tower Howrah West Bengal Clock Tower - Bengal Engineering and Science University - Sibpur - Howrah 2013-06-06 8569.JPG
Hooghly Imambara clock tower Hooghly West Bengal 1861
Mahboob Chowk Clock Tower Hyderabad Telangana 1892 Mahbob chowk clock tower.jpg [6] [7]
Secunderabad Clock Tower Hyderabad Telangana 1897 Clock Tower Secunderabad.jpg [8]
Shah Ali Banda Clock Tower Hyderabad Telangana 1904
Sultan Bazar Clock Tower Hyderabad Telangana 1865 [9]
Ghanta Ghar Jodhpur Rajasthan Jodhpur Clock Tower.jpg
Clock tower Kalimpong West Bengal Kalimpong Clock Tower.jpg
Clock Tower at Christ Church Kasauli Himachal Pradesh CHRIST CHURCH, KASAULI.JPG
Lake Town Clock Tower Lake Town, Kolkata West Bengal
Chinnakada Clock Tower Kollam Kerala 1944 Chinnakada Clock Tower.jpg
Lawrence School, Lovedale Clock Tower Lovedale Tamil Nadu
Husainabad Clock Tower Lucknow Uttar Pradesh 1881 'Husseini Clock Tower'.JPG [10]
Chaura Bazaar clock tower Ludhiana Punjab
Clock Tower, Meerut Meerut Clock Tower, Meerut (2023) 2.jpg [11]
Mirzapur Clock Tower Mirzapur Uttar Pradesh Mirzapur Ghanta ghar.jpg
Rajabai Tower Mumbai Maharashtra 1878 Mumbai 03-2016 38 University.jpg
Ghari Ghar Murshidabad West Bengal Hazarduari1 debaditya chatterjee.jpg
Clock tower Nagercoil Tamil Nadu Clock Tower, Nagercoil.JPG
Lytton Memorial Clock Tower Nahan Himachal Pradesh 1877The Lytton memorial was built in 1877 by Raja Shamsher Prakash commemorating Lord Lytton's visit to Nahan .
BITS-Pilani Clock Tower Pilani Rajasthan BITS Clocktower.jpg
Aberdeen Clock Tower Port Blair Andaman and Nicobar Islands Aberdeen clock tower-3-port blair-andaman-India.jpg
Ghadi Chowk, Raipur Raipur Chhattisgarh 19 December 1995
Saifai Clock Tower Saifai Uttar Pradesh Saifai Clock Tower.jpg
Sardarshahar Clock Tower Sardarshahar Rajasthan Clocktower.sardarshahar.jpg
Mohamedally Tower Siddhpur Gujarat 4 April 1915 Clock Tower Siddhpur 06.jpg
Golden Rock Railway Workshop Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu Armoury Gate.JPG
NIT Trichy Clock Tower Tiruchirapalli Tamil Nadu National Institute of Technology, Trichy.jpg
Ghantaghar Ujjain Madhya Pradesh
King George Hospital Clock Tower Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh 1923 King george hospital.jpg
Mohamedally Tower Siddhpur Gujarat 4 April 1915 Clock Tower Siddhpur 06.jpg
Chimnabai Clock Tower Vadodara Gujarat 1896 Raopura Tower Vadodara.jpg It was constructed from the funds raised by the citizens of Baroda State and named after Chimnabai I (1864–1885), a queen and the first wife of Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda State. [12] [13]

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