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The '''clock tower''' at [[Meerut]], India, also known as the '''Meerut Ghantaghar''' and '''Subhash Chandra Dwar''', is a [[clock tower]] completed in 1914. It serves as a gateway between the market and [[Meerut City railway station]].<ref name=Singh2021>{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Dr Yatindra Pal |title=Clock towers of India |date=2021 |publisher=Blue Rose Publishers |isbn=978-9-35427-256-1 |pages=98–99 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MI0TEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA98 |language=en |chapter=39. Meerut }}</ref><ref name=Bhatia2014>{{cite news |last1=Bhatia |first1=Ishita |title=Meerut's landmark towers have clocks that don't tick |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/meeruts-landmark-towers-have-clocks-that-dont-tick/articleshow/45707645.cms |access-date=19 April 2023 |work=The Times of India |date=31 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419033703/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/meeruts-landmark-towers-have-clocks-that-dont-tick/articleshow/45707645.cms |archive-date=19 April 2023 |language=English}}</ref>

==Origin==
The clock tower at Meerut was built on what was a gate named Kamboh Darwaza.<ref name=MOL>{{cite web |title=Ghantaghar in Meerut |url=https://www.meerutonline.in/city-guide/ghantaghar-in-meerut |website=www.meerutonline.in |access-date=19 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419035005/https://www.meerutonline.in/city-guide/ghantaghar-in-meerut |archive-date=19 April 2023}}</ref>{{efn|Kamboh gate was built by Abu Muhammad Khán Kamboh.<ref name="Atk1876">{{cite book |last1=Atkinson |first1=Edwin T. |title=Statistical, Descriptive and Historical Account of the North-Western Provinces of India: Meerut division. v.2:pt.1. Saháranpur District. v.2:pt.2. Aligarh District. v.3:pt.1. Bulandshahr District. v.3:pt.2. Meerut (Mirath) District. v.3:pt.3. Muzaffarnagar District |date=1876 |publisher=Printed at the North-western Provinces' Government Press |page=405 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CJ4IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA405 |language=en}}</ref>}} The conversion was intended to serve as a memorial to [[Edward VII|King Edward]].<ref name=Meerut1913>{{cite news |title=Meerut |work=Civil & Military Gazette |date=23 March 1913 |location=Lahore |page=8}}</ref> The foundation stone was laid by district magistrate and collector of Meerut, James Rae Pearson Esquire on 17 March 1913.<ref name=Singh2021/> The clock was previously at the [[Allahabad High Court]] after being imported from Germany.<ref name=MOL/> It was installed in the tower at Meerut in 1914.<ref name=Singh2021/>

==Design and structure==
The clock tower is built in [[masonry|brick masonry]].<ref name=Singh2021/>

==Location==
It serves as a gateway between the Valley market and [[Meerut City railway station]].<ref name=Singh2021/> Nearby is the town hall.<ref name=Singh2021/> Two other clock towers in Meerut are located at Budhana Gate, and at [[St. John's Church, Meerut|St. John's Church]].<ref name=Singh2021/>

==Society and culture==
In the 1930s, the tower served as the location for a meeting held by [[Subash Chandra Bose]].<ref name=Singh2021/> It was subsequently renamed Subhash Chandra Dwar.<ref name=MOL/>

In 1990, the brass parts of the clock were stolen.<ref name=Singh2021/>

A replica of the structure constructed in Mumbai, featured in [[Sharukh Khan]]'s 2018 film ''[[Zero (2018 film)|Zero]]''.<ref name="ToI2018">{{cite news |title=Aanand L Rai recreated Meerut's Ghanta Ghar in Film city for 'Zero' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/aanand-l-rai-recreated-meeruts-ghanta-ghar-in-film-city-for-zero/articleshow/67103510.cms |access-date=22 April 2023 |work=The Times of India |date=21 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422060455/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/aanand-l-rai-recreated-meeruts-ghanta-ghar-in-film-city-for-zero/articleshow/67103510.cms |archive-date=22 April 2023}}</ref>

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Sandy Saha at 04:31, 20 March 2026