Posted on: 3 April 2011

Chimnabai Tower, Baroda - 1895

Photograph of the Chimnabai Clock Tower, at Baroda, Gujarat from the Curzon Collection, taken by an unknown photographer during the 1890s. The tower is designed in an Indo-Saracenic style and was erected in c.1896 from funds contributed by the citizens of Baroda in memory of Maharani Chimnabai (1864-1885), the first consort of the Gaekwar Maharaja Sayaji Rao III (ruled 1875-1939).

Source : British Library


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The tower being built from funds contributed by the subjects of Baroda speaks volumes about her late highness's extreme popularity.Today it stands forlornly as a reminder of a majestic past in a cowded marketplce of Baroda.