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'''Virajpet Clock Tower''' is a [[clock tower]] in the town of [[Virajpet]] in [[Kodagu district]], in the Indian [[States and union territories of India|State]] of [[Karnataka]]. The tower was built to commemorate the coronation of [[George V]] at the [[Delhi Durbar]] in 1911, and was inaugurated in 1915.<ref name="dh1">{{cite web|title=Centenary celebrations: Clock tower stands test of time|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/384601/centenary-celebrations-clock-tower-stands.html|newspaper=[[Deccan Herald]]|date=4 February 2014|accessdate=20 June 2015}}</ref> To mark its centenary, a [[philatelic cover]] was released by Karnataka Postal Circle on 16 January 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Special Cover on Clock Tower of Virajpet|url=http://www.indianphilately.net/news0115.html|publisher=indianphilately.net|accessdate=20 June 2015}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The piece of land for the construction of the clock tower was donated to the Virajpet Town Municipal Corporation by the Mukkatira family of [[Kodava people|Kodavas]] residing in a village Devanageri near Virajpet at the time.<ref name="Belliappa2008">{{cite book|author=C. P. Belliappa|title=Nuggets From Coorg History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6TMBXK_ROc4C&pg=PT42|year=2008|publisher=Rupa & Company|isbn=978-81-291-1302-3|pages=42}}</ref> <br />
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The foundation stone of the tower was laid by then [[List of Chief Commissioners of Coorg|Chief Commissioner of Coorg]], Sir [[Hugh Daly]] on 5 February 1914. Following 11 months of construction work, it was inaugurated in January 1915, by then District Magistrate R. K. Ellis in January 1915.<ref name="dh1"/><br />
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[[Category:Clock towers in India]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Kodagu district]]<br />
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