Navalrai Clock Tower, Hyderabad, also known as Ghanta Ghar, Hyderabad, and Market Clock Tower, Hyderabad, is a clock tower located in Hyderabad, Sindh. [1] [2]
Navalrai Clock Tower was built in 1914 with fish and meat market at Hirabad. [3] It was named after Naval Rai, a duty collector in the region. [2] The tower was constructed by the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation when Sir Rao Bahadur Dewan Chand Dayaram was president and was designed by P.C Thadani. [1] [2] The stones used during the construction were imported from Delhi. [1]
In the 1990s, the tower and its halls were renovated. [1]
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Hyderabad is a city and capital of Hyderabad Division in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the second-largest city in Sindh, and the eighth largest in Pakistan.
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The Hyderabad Information Technology and Engineering Consultancy City, abbreviated as HITEC City, is an Indian information technology, engineering, health informatics, and bioinformatics, financial business district located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. HITEC City is spread across 81 ha of land under suburbs of Madhapur, Gachibowli, Kondapur, Manikonda, Nanakramguda and Shamshabad all the combined technology townships is also known as Cyberabad with a radius of 52.48 km (32.61 mi) surrounding approximate area of 6,100 ha. HITEC City is within 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) of the residential and commercial suburb of Jubilee Hills.
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