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|name= Clock Tower of Murshidabad<br />
|image=[[File:Hazarduari1 debaditya chatterjee.jpg|200px]]<br />
|caption=The Clock Tower in the right seen with the [[Hazarduari Palace]].<br />
|location= [[Hazarduari Palace#Kila Nizamat|Nizamat Fort Campus]], [[Murshidabad]], [[India]]<br />
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|alternate_names= {{center|''Ghari Ghar''<br>or<br>[[Big Ben]] of [[Murshidabad]]}}<br />
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|architect= Sagore Mistri<br />
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[[File:Clock Tower of Murshidabad.jpg|thumb|Clock Tower of Murshidabad]]<br />
The '''Clock Tower of Murshidabad''' (locally known just as ''Clock Tower'' or ''Ghari Ghar'', also known as ''Big Ben of Murshidabad'') is a [[clock tower]] in the [[Hazarduari Palace#Kila Nizamat|Nizamat Fort Campus]] in [[West Bengal]], India. The clock tower stands in the garden space between the [[Nizamat Imambara]] and the [[Hazarduari Palace]];<ref name="Majumdar1905">{{cite book|author=Purna Chundra Majumdar|title=The Musnud of Murshidabad (1704-1904): being a synopsis of the history of Murshidabad for the last two centuries, to which are appended notes of places and objects of interest at Murshidabad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rcQ5AQAAIAAJ|year=1905|publisher=Saroda Ray|page=127}}</ref> to its east, hardly a few feet away, is the old [[Madina Mosque (Bengal)|Madina Mosque]] and the [[Bacchawali Tope]].<br />
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The clock tower was designed by Sagor Mistri, an Indian Bengali assistant of Colonel McLeod, the architect of the Hazarduari Palace.<ref name="murshidabad.net">{{cite web|last1=Paul|first1=Gautam|title=Murshidabad Places - Tourism (Lalbagh Zone)|url=http://murshidabad.net/history/places-topic-places-zone-three.htm|publisher=murshidabad.net|accessdate=22 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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The clock tower is surmounted by a heavy sounding bell. Four masonry shields are placed on the ground level four corners. The dial of the clock tower faces eastwards, towards the [[Bhagirathi River]], most probably for the sailors and passengers travelling on boats. <br />
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==Map==<br />
{{wide image|Nizamat Fort Campus.JPG|500px|A map of the full ''[[Hazarduari Palace#Kila Nizamat|Nizamat Fort Campus]]'' (excluding ''[[Wasef Manzil]]'', ''Dakshin Darwaza'' or the South Gate of the campus, Nawab Bahadur's Institution and the South Zurud Mosque) showing the ''[[Nizamat Imambara]]'' in yellow and other buildings surrounding it, like the ''[[Madina Mosque (Bengal)|Madina Mosque]]'', the ''[[Hazarduari Palace]]'', ''[[Chawk Masjid]]'', ''[[Bacchawali Tope]]'', the clock tower, [[Shia]] Complex and the ''Zurud Mosque'' (North).}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* {{cite web|url=http://murshidabad.net/history/places-topic-places-zone-three.htm|title=Website}}<br />
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Murshidabad district]]<br />
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