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Clock Tower or Ghanta Ghar of Lucknow, also called Hussainabad Clock Tower is located very near to the Rumi Darwaza and opposite to Hussainabad Imambara. It is a 67 metre-high clock tower -- reputed to be the tallest in the country. Built in 1881 by the Britisher and designed by Roskell Payne. This 67 m-high clock tower on the river Gomti, is the tallest clock tower in India. The 221-foot tall structure was erected by Nawab Nasir-ud-din Haider to mark the arrival of Sir George Couper, 1st Lieutenant Governor of United Province of Avadh in the year 1887 at a cost of Rs. 1.75 lakhs. The tower has European style artwork. The parts of the clock is built of pure gunmetal and the pendulum hangs 14 feet. The dial of this clock is shaped like a 12-petalled flower and has bells around it. It is als
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