[1] It was constructed to mark the arrival of Sir George Couper, the lieutenant governor of North-West Province.

Its gigantic pendulum has a length of 14 feet, and the dial of the clock is designed in the shape of a 12-fully gold flower and bells around it.

But then two samaritans Captain Paritosh Chauhan and Akhilesh Agarwal approached the administration to allow them to repair it so that the mechanical clock is not replaced with an electronic one.

It was Captain Chauhan's passion and love for his city that he requested the then DM, Amit Ghosh to give him a chance to repair it.

Finally, on 13 September 2011, they made the giant clock tower chime, after a silence of 27 long years.