Clock Tower Mumbai University

Will you please give here detail about the Rajabai Clock Tower located near to Mumbai University?

[Kiran Chandar]

Rajabai Tower is a famous clock tower located in South Mumbai. It stands in confines of the Fort campus of the University of Mumbai.

It is one of the major tourist destinations in Mumbai. The tower was built by Sir Gilbert Scott. The foundation stone of the tower was laid down on on March 1, 1869.

Architecture and Construction

The main material used in its construction is the buff colored Kurla stone.

Stained glass windows are among its best features.

The ground floor of the tower has two rooms and a winding staircase.

The shape of the tower is square from the ground level to the top of the first level.

Then the tower assumes the shape of an octagon.