Become a Virtual Tourist Member Today!  Sign Up for Free | Sign In

RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER, Mumbai

Search:
email to friend | help
Home » Travel Guides » Asia » India » State of Maharashtra » Mumbai » Things To Do » RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER Reviews

Mumbai Travel Guide

RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER, Mumbai
See all Mumbai Things To Do
Things to Do in Mumbai: RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER tips and photos posted by real travelers and Mumbai locals.
RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER
• 16 Photos
• 14 Reviews

Sponsored Links for Mumbai

Furnished Apartment Delhi
Luxurious fully staffed 3-4BR Apts in New Delhi. Cook & Car included

????????????
4??????? ! ?????? ?????????????

The Leela Mumbay Hotel
Nestled in an 11-acre oasis of tranquility. Minutes to airports

Days Inn Official Site
Get our best rate at the Days Inn ® site or your first night is free.

Hotels.com Official Site
Hotels.com Low Rates Guaranteed! Call a Hotel Expert. 1-800-449-4167

Mumbai RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER ReviewsTips 1 - 10 of 14  
Sort By:  Most Recent | Best Rated
RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER: Rajabai Clock Tower
  • Tip Rating:
  • By keeweechic on May 2, 2006
  • Email Me
  • See My Mumbai Page
  • Send to a Friend
  • RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER - Mumbai
    by keeweechic,
    1 more photos
    Send Photo to a Friend
    The Rajabai Clock Tower is a prominent feature of the Mumbai University complex. The clock has been likened to Big Ben in London. Apparently in the old days it used to play Rule Britannia, God Save the King and a Handel Symphony along with 13 other tunes that changed four times a day. Now with the British rule long gone, it now only plays the chimes of Big Ben every quarter hour. Standing at 280 feet tall, it was named after the mother of a 19th century stockbroker, who helped to fund the building of the tower and library that lies underneath the clock. The magnificent 5 storey spiral staircase was once open to the public but was closed after to visitors after several discontented citizens hurled themselves from the top.

    Leave a Comment

  • Address: Bhaurao Patil Road
  • Directions: Situated in the gardens of Mumbai University

    • Add to Your Trip Planner  Post a Question  Write a Tip on RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER
    Rate      Not Helpful  1   2   3   4   5  Very Helpful
    RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER: BOMBAY UNIVERSITY
  • Tip Rating:
  • By mtncorg on December 5, 2007
  • Email Me
  • See My Mumbai Page
  • Send to a Friend
  • Rajabai tower and spiral stairs of Library - Mumbai
    Rajabai tower and spiral
    stairs of Library
    by mtncorg,
    2 more photos
    Send Photo to a Friend
    The original Bombay University is part of the area constructed in the 1860-1870’s around the Oval Maidan forming a then impressive seafront esplanade. To see it as it must have been requires a bit of imagination, however, as the area became landlocked during the 1920 land reclamation in the Back Bay. Designed in the 1870’s, Bombay University and its Venetian Gothic architecture remembers an era long gone from today’s Mumbai. The two buildings of note facing the cricket fields of the Oval are the Convocation Center to the south and the University Library with its elaborate spiral staircases and grand galleries. The 80 meter Rajabai Tower rises above the Library studded with figures depicting the castes and communities of India. The main university has moved to a campus closer to the airport adding to the quieter and reflective nature found today.

    Leave a Comment


    Add to Your Trip Planner  Post a Question  Write a Tip on RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER
    Rate      Not Helpful  1   2   3   4   5  Very Helpful
    RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER: Mumbai's Big Ben
  • Tip Rating:
  • By nish2027 on July 28, 2006
  • Email Me
  • See My Mumbai Page
  • Send to a Friend
  • RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER - Mumbai
    by nish2027
    Send Photo to a Friend
    The Rajabai Tower was built in the 19th century Gothic style in the university garden. The clock tower is 280 feet high and commands a great view of the city. The university library is housed in the tower. The Rajabai Tower in located in the Fort campus area of the University. This tower was build by Sir George Gilbert Scott, who was an English architect and the design of the tower was based on the Big Ben. Work on the tower began on 1st march 1869 and was completed in November 1878. The cost of the tower was borne by Premchand Roychand a prosperous broker who founded the Bombay Stock Exchange. He laid down a condition that the tower should be named Rajabai, after his mother. The tower has some of the best stained glass windows in the city. The style of architecture used to build the tower is a blend of the Venetian and Gothic styles. The tower was constructed at a cost of Rs.2 lakhs, which was an enormous sum of money in those days. Local buff colored Kurla stones were used to build the tower. Initially the tower was open to the public, but was closed after it became a haunt for those attempting to commit suicide.

    The ground floor has two side rooms. The tower forms a carriage porch and a spiral staircase vestibule. The tower over the carriage porch has a square form up to the gallery at the top of the first level, which is at a height of 68 feet from the ground. The shape of the tower changes from square to an octagon and the height from this gallery to the top of the tower is 118 feet and the third stage to the top of the finial is 94 feet, making the total height of the tower 280 feet.

    Chimes
    The Rajabai clock tower chimes once every 15 minutes. During the British period some of the tuned that the clock played included "Rule Britannia", "God Save the King" and "A Handel Symphony" out of a total of 16 tunes that changed four times a day. Today the clock plays only one tune every 15 minutes.

    Leave a Comment

  • Directions: Walking distance from Churchgate station

    • Add to Your Trip Planner  Post a Question  Write a Tip on RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER
    Rate      Not Helpful  1   2   3   4   5  Very Helpful
    RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER: Mumbai Big Ben
  • Tip Rating:
  • By pollon on March 2, 2005
  • Email Me
  • See My Mumbai Page
  • Send to a Friend
  • RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER - Mumbai
    by pollon
    Send Photo to a Friend
    The Rajabai Tower could be called the Mumbai Big Ben of which resembles the sounds on the quarter hour.
    It takes its name from the mother of a stockbroker of the 19th century who contributed to its construction.

    Leave a Comment


    Add to Your Trip Planner  Post a Question  Write a Tip on RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER
    Rate      Not Helpful  1   2   3   4   5  Very Helpful
    RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER: under the Rajabai Tower
  • Tip Rating:
  • By pollon on March 2, 2005
  • Email Me
  • See My Mumbai Page
  • Send to a Friend
  • RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER - Mumbai
    by pollon
    Send Photo to a Friend
    The Rajabai Tower rises with its 260 feet and under it the University Library.

    Leave a Comment


    Add to Your Trip Planner  Post a Question  Write a Tip on RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER
    Rate      Not Helpful  1   2   3   4   5  Very Helpful
    RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER: The Clock Tower is an...
  • Tip Rating:
  • By tarush on August 26, 2002
  • Email Me
  • See My Mumbai Page
  • Send to a Friend
  • RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER - Mumbai
    by tarush
    Send Photo to a Friend
    The Clock Tower is an important landmark in the city. It is part of the Bombay University and is adjacent to the Bombay High Court. This is in the financial district of the city and tells the hundreds of thousand office goers that are on their way to work from the nearby Churchgate train station.

    Leave a Comment


    Add to Your Trip Planner  Post a Question  Write a Tip on RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER
    Rate      Not Helpful  1   2   3   4   5  Very Helpful
    RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER: The foot of Rajabai Clock...
  • Tip Rating:
  • Updated By Chryselle on April 4, 2003
  • Email Me
  • See My Mumbai Page
  • Send to a Friend
  • RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER - Mumbai
    by Chryselle
    Send Photo to a Friend
    The foot of Rajabai Clock Tower is usually crowded with tourists trying to admire its impressive architecture. It is a looming 260 ft high and is adorned with a multitude of elaborate oriental figures. The Rajabai Clock Tower was built in the 1870s and named after the mother of a 19th century stockbroker, who contributed towards its construction.
    The Clock Tower has a certain British flavour to it. In the old days it used to play “Rule Britannia”, “God Save the King“, a Handel Symphony and fifteen other tunes that changed four times a day. Now it’s repertoire is limited to an imitation of the Big Ben.

    Leave a Comment

  • Directions: The Rajabai Clock is situated in the gardens of Mumbai University and contains the university library. It chimes at the quarter hour from 11:00AM to 5:00PM.

    • Add to Your Trip Planner  Post a Question  Write a Tip on RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER
    Rate      Not Helpful  1   2   3   4   5  Very Helpful
    RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER: UNIVERSITY HALL-RAJABAI TOWER
  • Tip Rating:
  • Updated By Amitu on June 4, 2005
  • Email Me
  • See My Mumbai Page
  • Send to a Friend
  • RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER - Mumbai
    by Amitu
    Send Photo to a Friend
    One of the most outstanding landmarks of Mumbai. The highlight of the University is the Library and the Clock Tower, completed in 1878.

    Leave a Comment

  • Address: CHURCHGATE

    • Add to Your Trip Planner  Post a Question  Write a Tip on RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER
    Rate      Not Helpful  1   2   3   4   5  Very Helpful
    RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER: Rajabai Tower
  • Tip Rating:
  • By ashishashar on August 24, 2002
  • Email Me
  • See My Mumbai Page
  • Send to a Friend
  • RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER - Mumbai
    by ashishashar
    Send Photo to a Friend
    Next to the High Court, the Venetian -Gothic University has a Gothic clock tower 260 feet high that is curiously adorned with oriental figures. In the old days it used to play Rule Britannia, God Save the King and a Handel Symphony among sixteen tunes that changed four times a day; now the repertoire is limited to the wafting chimes of the Big Ben on the quarter hour.
    The Rajabai Clock Tower is named after the mother of a 19th century stockbroker, who contributed towards its construction; it has a spiral staircase , which is unfortunately closed to the visitors after several unhappy citizens hurled themselves from the top.

    Under the clock tower is the magnificent University Library, with what are undoubtedly some of the most exquisite stained glass windows in Asia. These have recently been treated by British conservationists and restored to their pristine glory. Well worth a look.

    Leave a Comment


    Add to Your Trip Planner  Post a Question  Write a Tip on RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER
    Rate      Not Helpful  1   2   3   4   5  Very Helpful
    RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER: The Rajabhai Clock Tower
  • By shalin on August 24, 2002
  • Email Me
  • See My Mumbai Page
  • Send to a Friend
  • RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER - Mumbai
    by shalin
    Send Photo to a Friend
    The Rajabhai Clock Tower

    Leave a Comment

  • Address: Town

    • Add to Your Trip Planner  Post a Question  Write a Tip on RAJABAI CLOCK TOWER
    Rate      Not Helpful  1   2   3   4   5  Very Helpful
    1 | 2
    More Mumbai Tips
    Overview
         		General Tips
    Tips: 138 - Photos: 108
    Restaurants
    Tips: 316 - Photos: 185    		Hotels and Accommodations
    Tips: 225 - Photos: 124
    Things To Do
    Tips: 534 - Photos: 458    		Nightlife
    Tips: 119 - Photos: 59
    Off the Beaten Path
    Tips: 132 - Photos: 115    		Tourist Traps
    Tips: 29 - Photos: 14
    Warnings or Dangers
    Tips: 60 - Photos: 35    		Transportation
    Tips: 149 - Photos: 96
    Local Customs
    Tips: 111 - Photos: 89    		Packing Lists
    Tips: 20 - Photos: 13
    Shopping
    Tips: 83 - Photos: 62    		Sports Travel
    Tips: 4 - Photos: 3
    Flights
    Tips: 28 - Photos: 20

    More Sponsored Links for Mumbai

    Rent Car - Deals
    Compare Rent car and Save up to 70% See Photos, Reviews & What's Nearby

    Mumbai India Hotels
    Low Rates on Mumbai Hotels. Also Book Flights & Cars at ORBITZ!

    Navi Mumbai Property
    Elegant homes, Excellent location Incredible investment and lifestyle

    Search Hotels
    Find the best room rates
    All Mumbai Hotels

    Check-In Date:


    Check-Out Date:


    Guests

    Hotels by OneTime.com

    Popular Hotels and Accommodations in Mumbai

    » More Hotels and Accommodations in Mumbai

    Popular Things To Do in Mumbai

    » More Things To Do in Mumbai
    Find:        Matching:  Advanced