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((Infobox building
 | name                 = Rajabai Tower
 | image                = Rajabai Clock Tower, Mumbai (31 August 2008).jpg
 | caption              = Rajabai Clock Tower
 | location_town        = [[Mumbai]]
 | location_country     = India
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 | completion_date      = November 1878
 | architect            = Sir [[George Gilbert Scott]]
 | cost                 = ((INR)) 550,000
 | map_type             = Mumbai
 | structural_system    = Buff coloured stone
 | client               = ((flagicon image|..Maharashtra Flag(INDIA).png)) [[Maharashtra]]
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 | construction_start_date = 1 March 1869
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The '''Rajabai Tower''' is a [[clock tower]] in [[South Mumbai]] India. It is in the confines of the [[Fort (area)|Fort]] campus of the [[University of Mumbai]]. It stands at a height of 85&nbsp;m (280&nbsp;ft or 25 storeys). The tower is part of [[The Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai]], which was added to the list of [[World Heritage Sites]] in 2018.<ref>((cite news | url=https://wap.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/mumbai-s-victorian-gothic-and-art-deco-buildings-enter-unesco-heritage-list-118063000590_1.html | title=Mumbai's Victorian Gothic and Art Deco buildings enter Unesco Heritage list | newspaper=Business Standard India | date=30 June 2018 | last1=Team | first1=BS Web ))</ref>

==History==
The Rajabai Clock Tower was designed by Sir [[George Gilbert Scott]], an English architect.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/business/companies/article2769290.ece |location=Mumbai |date=3 January 2012 |title=Re-setting the time |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=22 July 2012))</ref> He modeled it on [[Big Ben]] in London.The foundation stone was laid on 1st March 1869 and construction was completed in November 1878. The total cost of construction came to ₹550,000, a large amount of money for the time period. A portion of the total cost of construction was donated by premchand roychand jain, a wealthy broker who founded the [[Bombay Stock Exchange]] on the condition that the tower be named after his mother Rajabai.<ref name="Bhatt1995">((cite book|author=Rakesh Kumar Bhatt|title=History and Development of Libraries in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jbmdowzuv0QC&pg=PA39|date=1 January 1995|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-582-1|pages=39–40))</ref>

Premchand Roychand's mother was blind and as a staunch follower of [[Jain]] religion, she was supposed to consume her dinner before the evening. Legend says that the evening bell of the tower helped her to know the time without anyone's help.((Citation needed|date=June 2020))

The tower was closed to the public after it became a frequent spot for those attempting to commit suicide.

==Structure==
The tower was built in a fusion of [[Venice|Venetian]] and [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] styles. It is built out of the locally available buff coloured [[Kurla]] stone. The tower has one of the best [[stained glass]] windows in the city.<ref>Insiders guide to Rajabai clock Tower:https://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/insider-s-guide-to-rajabai-clock-tower/story-9Y1gNvrd1Yj1ormNC2DegL.html</ref>
[[File:Bombay University Hall Rajabai Tower.jpg|thumb|Council Building of the University of Mumbai in India, around 1905]]
The ground floor has two side rooms, each measuring ((convert|56|x|27.5|ft|m|abbr=on)). The tower forms a carriage porch ((convert|2.4|m2|ft2|abbr=on)), and a spiral staircase vestibule of ((convert|2.6|m2|ft2|abbr=on)). The Tower, over the carriage porch, has a square form up to the gallery at the top of the first level which is at a height of ((convert|68|ft|m)) from the ground. The form changes from a square to an [[octagon]] and the height from this gallery to the top of the tower is ((convert|118|ft|m)) and the third stage to the top of the finial is ((convert|94|ft|m)), thus making a total height of ((convert|280|ft|m)).

During its time, it was the tallest structure in the city of Mumbai.

<gallery class="center" widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:Rajabai under Const.jpg|A file photo of University of Mumbai taken in the 1870s. Rajabai Clock Tower here seen shrouded in scaffolding was completed in 1878
</gallery>

==Chimes==
[[File:Rajabai Clock Tower night.jpg|thumb|150px|Rajabai Clock Tower, brightly lit during the night.]]
During the 19th century it played the tunes of "[[Home! Sweet Home!]]" and "[[A Handel Symphony]]", out of a total of sixteen tunes, which changed four times a day. It currently chimes only one tune every 15&nbsp;minutes.

==Restoration==
From October 2013 to 11 May 2015, the tower underwent restoration work under the observation of Anita Garware (Heritage Society), Rajan Welukar (Vice-Chancellor; University of Mumbai) and [[Natarajan Chandrasekaran|N Chandrasekar]] (CEO, Tata Consultancy Services).It reopened in March 2015 after renovation<ref>Mumbai's Rajabai Clock tower reopens after renovation:https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbai-s-iconic-rajabai-clock-tower-reopens-after-renovation-2085267</ref>

The restoration efforts were recognised by UNESCO in 2018 when the Library and the Rajabai Clock Tower received the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/mumbai-s-urban-heritage-conservation-movement-is-winning-accolades/story-gElDJ8nhBfLYCE565Xi8EL.html|title=Mumbai's urban heritage conservation movement is winning accolades|date=11 November 2018|website=www.hindustantimes.com|language=en|access-date=14 December 2018))</ref>

==References==
((commons category|Rajabai Clock Tower))
((reflist))

==External links==
*[http://www.mumbainet.com/travel/rajabai.htm Rajabai Tower]

((Tourist attractions in Mumbai))

[[Category:Towers completed in 1878]]
[[Category:Clock towers in India]]
[[Category:Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai]]
[[Category:Gothic Revival architecture in India]]
[[Category:Clock towers]]

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