Description
Town Hall Wall Clock
| Project Name: |
Town Hall Wall Clock
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| Location: |
Town hall, Lahore, Pakistan.
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| Project Description: |
1 Clock Movement, 4 Feet Wall Clock, 1 Master Clock
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| Dial: | Iron Frame Of the Clock Faces |
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| Installed Date: |
2-2-2010
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| Sponsor Name: | GPO Lahore |
| Histroy: | The Shahrahe Quaid-e-Azam, or the famous Mall Road of Lahore is studded with Victorian style buildings almost throughout its length. Starting from the Mian Mir Cantonment Bridge, the first one to appear is the Aitchison College on the right and then it continues till it ends near the building of the General Post Office Lahore. The major portion comes from the Lahore High Curt building, followed by the GPO, Tollington Market, Lahore Museum, the Punjab University, the National College of Arts and finally the Town Hall building. All buildings are unique in their Victorian architecture, specially the Town Hall building. It is this last building, that this post is about.I saw this monumental building right from my younger age as the Double Decker buses of the Lahore Omnibus Service which I traveled on from my home to my school and later the Government College, turned right in front of the Town Hall building and this used to be the last glimpse of the Mall and buildings on it.The building is presently under use by main government offices of the City District Government Lahore (CDGL) and Fire Brigade.The importance of the Town Hall multiplied manifold after the 1965 Indo-Pak war. The Indian thrust of attack was two pronged aimed at the cities of Lahore and Sialkot. The people of the two cities fought side by side their brethren in uniform and supported the armed forces in every way they could. It was their support that enabled Pakistan Army from letting the Indian Army realize its aims and objectives and halted their forces far away from Lahore. |
