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Hussainabad Clock Tower, Lucknow

Captured in fading light from the Picture Gallery.

 

Opposite the Hussainabad Imambara is the 67 metre-high clock tower -- reputed to be the tallest in the country -- and the Hussainabad Tank. Constructed in 1887, the Hussainabad Clock Tower, the tallest Clock Tower in India, is one of the finest examples of British Architecture 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.

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Uploaded on February 11, 2014
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