For the first time after 135 years, the Mumbai University library building, along with the 86-metre-high Rajabai Clock Tower, is being restored. According to principal architect Brinda Somaya, of ...

The iconic Rajabai Clock Tower on the Mumbai University campus reopened on Tuesday after two years of restoration work, the first since its construction in 1878. While it was originally built at a ...

He wanted to build a clock as a tribute to his mother (thus, named Rajabai after her,) and to remind her to take her meals on time. As the key benefactor, Roychand donated Rs 3.5 lakh for the ...

Rajabai Tower, also known as the clock tower, is a magnificent structure located in the bustling city of Mumbai Vaishnavi Sharma Updated: Saturday, April 01, 2023, 06:44 PM IST ...

Photograph: Sahil Salvi/ Rediff.com The Rajabai Clock Tower, an iconic 280-ft structure located on the University's Fort campus, was undergoing restoration since October 2013.

Along with the Clock Tower, the adjacent building housing the library also went under repairs. The foundation stone of the Rajabai Tower, modelled on London's Big Ben, was laid in March 1878.

Rajabai tower to cast a glow once again next mth Namita Devidayal / TNN / Feb 21, 2021, 04:08 IST Mumbai University’s majestic Rajabai clock tower has undergone a major makeover ...

On 25 April 1891, at about 4pm, Bachubai and Pherozebai fell to their death from Rajabai Clock Tower in Bombay University. Bachubai was the wife of Ardeshir Godrej, the founder of Godrej Brothers ...

Photos by Deepak Turbhekar Mahendra Gupta climbs up Rajabai Tower every day to wind the clock. A walk through the Oval Maidan is never complete without the sonorous chimes from the Rajabai Tower.

On the Fort campus of the University of Mumbai is this 84m-high Venetian Gothic monument inspired by London's Big Ben. The tower was financed by a Mumbai-based businessman, Premchand Roychand, who ...

MUMBAI: Reaching the top of the 280-feet neo-Gothic Rajabai clock tower is not an easy task, but antique clock maker Venkatesh Rao, 51, has been doing it along with his workers for over a month ...