# Clock Tower, Multan

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**Clock Tower** (), formerly known as **Northbrook Tower**, is a [clock tower](/source/Clock_tower) and city government headquarters of [Multan](/source/Multan) in the [Punjab](/source/Punjab_(Pakistan)) province of [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan).[1][2]

## History

Ghanta Ghar or Clock Tower of Multan was built in 1884 in [British India](/source/British_India).[1] After passing the municipal act of 1883 British needed offices to run the city. They started constructing Ghanta Ghar in Multan on 12 February 1884 and it took 4 years to completely build this building. It was constructed over the ruins of [Haveli](/source/Haveli) of Ahmad Khan Sadozai which was completely destroyed during [Siege of Multan](/source/Siege_of_Multan_(1848-1849)). The hall and building were named 'Ripon Hall and Ripon Building' after the name of [Ripon](/source/George_Robinson,_1st_Marquess_of_Ripon), viceroy of India at that time. And clock tower was named Northbrook Tower after the name of [Northbrook](/source/Thomas_Baring,_1st_Earl_of_Northbrook), a former Viceroy of India (1872–3).

This building was completed, opened and offices shifted in 1888. Hall was named 'Jinnah Hall' after the [independence](/source/Partition_of_India) of [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan) in 1947 and is used for office meetings, cultural programs, and is open to the public. With the passage of time, this building became insufficient for offices and a small hall was also insufficient for meetings, so offices were shifted from here. Now it is said that plan for the future is to change this historic building into a museum.[1]

## Clocks

On 27 October 2011, three clocks of Ghanta Ghar were repaired and started again showing the time of PST which is +5GMT.[1] This effort was done by a watch company [Rado Watchmaker](/source/Rado_(watchmaker)). The machinery and needles of the clocks were changed while the clock's main dial was unchanged. It runs on solar energy. The clock had stopped working in 1985.[1]

## Multan Museum

Ghanta Ghar Multan is made a museum by the city government called [Multan Museum](/source/Multan_Museum).[1] Funds have been allocated and work has been started but the site remains closed to the public as each new government that comes erases the previous government's plans and promises.

## See also

- [List of clock towers in Pakistan](/source/List_of_clock_towers#Pakistan)
- [Ghantaghar](/source/Ghantaghar), [Chandni Chowk](/source/Chandni_Chowk), Delhi

## References

1. ["Ghanta Ghar clocks start ticking after decades of dysfunction"](https://www.nation.com.pk/27-Oct-2011/ghanta-ghar-clocks-start-ticking-after-decades-of-dysfunction). *The Nation (newspaper)*. 27 October 2011. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20111027061423/http://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Regional/Lahore/27-Oct-2011/Ghanta-Ghar-clocks-start-ticking-after-decades-of-dysfunction) 27 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

1. [Location of Ghanta Ghar - Falling rain Genomics website](http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/04/Ghanta_Ghar.html)

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