The clock on the tower was donated by Dewan Bahadur Seth Lachmi Narayan Ramgopal, a businessman.

[2] In 2003, the tower was placed on a demolition list drawn up by the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad to accommodate the increasing traffic.

[3] It was as a result of the efforts put by the civic agency at sites like this tower that the proposal to seek UNESCO Heritage status for Hyderabad was revived.

[9] A short cinema film of 9 minutes, 30 seconds by director Mani Shankar was released as a part of this celebration.

[10] The park housing the tower also served as a venue for promoting various citizen-centric events such as a children's film festival,[11] awareness programs among others.