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{{Short description|Clock Tower In Uttarpradesh, India}}
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'''Bijnor Clock Tower''' also known as ('''Ghanta Ghar)''' was built in 1926 by Aminuddin Contractor on the land given by the Municipal Administration as compensation. The foundation stone of the Clock Tower was laid by the British Collector Votts. The 17.30 meter high Clock Tower has stairs of 1.20 meters in diameter, but the person living on the ground floor of the Clock Tower closed the said path going up to the Clock Tower<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Jeffery |first1=Roger |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-PadIxTMzoAC |title=Population, Gender and Politics: Demographic Change in Rural North India |last2=Jeffery |first2=Patricia |date=1997-07-13 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-46653-0 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Neve |first1=Geert de |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E196AgAAQBAJ&dq=bijnor+clock+tower&pg=PA118 |title=The Meaning of the Local: Politics of Place in Urban India |last2=Donner |first2=Henrike |date=2007-01-24 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-135-39216-1 |language=en}}</ref>

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== Background ==
During that time, due to a lack of funds, clocks could not be installed in the Clock Tower and the [[Municipal council|Municipal Council]] also did not install clocks citing the financial crisis, while the responsibility of installing clocks was of the Municipal Administration. People who kept raising the issue of installing clocks in the Clock Tower demanded the then DM Darshan Singh Bains to install clocks in the Clock Tower in the year 1983. Two years later, i.e. in 1985, after 59 years, clocks were installed in the Clock Tower<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sharma |first=Ruchir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zMuDDwAAQBAJ&dq=bijnor+clock+tower&pg=PT7 |title=Democracy on the Road: A 25 Year Journey through India |date=2019-01-28 |publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited |isbn=978-93-5305-446-5 |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==

[[Category:Clock towers in India]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:1926 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Bijnor]]
[[Category:Towers completed in 1985]]
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Shailendra at 05:12, 18 March 2026