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{{Short description|Clock tower in Aligarh, India}}
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'''Aligarh Clock Tower''', also known as the '''Harrison Tower''', is a [[clock tower]] in [[Aligarh]], India, situated near the [[Aligarh Muslim University]]. It was completed in 1893 and named for Aligarh's British civil servant of the [[Indian Civil Service]] (ICS) and [[district magistrate]], J. H. Harrison.

==Origin==
The clock tower at [[Aligarh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], was completed in 1893 and named for Aligarh's British civil servant of the [[Indian Civil Service]] (ICS) and [[district magistrate]] J. H. Harrison.<ref name=Singh2021>{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Dr Yatindra Pal |title=Clock towers of India |date=2021 |publisher=Blue Rose Publishers |isbn=978-9-35427-256-1 |pages=6–7 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MI0TEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA6 |language=en |chapter=1. Aligarh }}</ref> It was built in an English architectural design in collaboration with a Muslim style.<ref name=Aṃsala1997>{{cite book |last1=Aṃsala |first1=Kusuma |title=As I Am: An Autobiography |date=1997 |publisher=Har-Anand Publications |isbn=978-81-241-0499-6 |pages=114, 233 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zK1jAAAAMAAJ&q=Aligarh+clock+tower |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Ahmed1999">{{cite book |last1=Ahmed |first1=Akbar S. |title=Islam Today: A Short Introduction to the Muslim World |date=1999 |publisher=I. B. Tauris |isbn=978-1-86064-257-9 |page=122 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bhTYAAAAMAAJ&q=Aligarh+Clock+Tower |language=en}}</ref>

==Structure and location==
The tower is situated near the [[Aligarh Muslim University]].<ref name=Singh2021/> Opposite are the judges courts,<ref name=Trav1920>{{cite book |title=A Handbook for Travellers in India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon |date=1920 |publisher=J. Murray. |page=404 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=atxAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA404 |language=en}}</ref> and adjacent is a garden.<ref name=Nat1895>{{cite book |title=The National and English Review |date=1895 |publisher=National Review Limited |page=381 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NTUAAAAMAAJ&dq=Aligarh+Clock+Tower&pg=PA381|language=en}}</ref>

The structure has four sides, five floors and is built in stone and brick.<ref name=GP1908>{{cite book |title=District Gazetteers: Bahraich (1903) |date=1926 |publisher=Government Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qaOa3QWE1q4C&pg=PA201|language=en|page=201}}</ref> Open arches support each vaulted roof.<ref name=GP1908/>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Aligarh clock tower ceiling.jpg|Ceiling
File:Aligarh clock tower inscription4.jpg|Inscription
File:Aligarh clock tower inscription3.jpg|Inscription
File:Aligarh clock tower inscription2.jpg|Inscription
File:Aligarh clock tower inscription1.jpg|Inscription
File:Aligarh clock tower2.jpg|Clock Tower
</gallery>

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[[Category:Clock towers in India]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Aligarh]]
[[Category:1893 establishments in India]]
[[Category:20th-century architecture in India]]
[[Category:Towers completed in 1893]]

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