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Hyderabad’s Six Heritage Clock Towers Preserve Timeless Stories

Hyderabad’s Six Heritage Clock Towers Preserve Timeless Stories
Hyderabad’s Six Heritage Clock Towers : Get A Glimpse of it · thehansindia.com

Hyderabad has six old clock towers that are part of the city’s heritage.

Long ago, these towers helped people tell the time.

They also acted as meeting places and landmarks.

Mahboob Chowk Clock Tower was built in 1892 and restored in 2020.

Secunderabad Clock Tower is 120 feet tall and still works as a timepiece.

Other towers stand at Moazzam Jahi Market, Monda Market, Chowmahalla Palace, and James Street Police Station.

Technology has made these clocks less important in daily life.

However, their histories and designs remain valuable.

Preserving them helps people remember Hyderabad’s past.

Key facts

Number of towers
Six heritage clock towers are featured.
Oldest tower
Chowmahalla Palace’s Khilafat Clock dates to 1750.
Mahboob Chowk
Built in 1892 by Asman Jah; renovated in 2020.
Secunderabad Tower
120 feet tall; construction began in 1860 and it was inaugurated in 1897.
Moazzam Jahi Market
The clock tower was built in 1930.
James Street Tower
Built by the British in the 1900s on MG Road, Secunderabad.

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