Kapurthala, April 25: A 120-year-old clock installed at the “Ghanta Ghar” school in Punjab’s Kapurthala by then Maharaja Jagatjit Singh has been repaired and is functioning again after a gap of more than a decade, officials said on Tuesday.
Deputy Commissioner Vishesh Sarangal said he came to know that the clock was not functioning for more than a decade during a recent visit to the Government Senior Secondary School (Ghanta Ghar).┬аJammu and Kashmir: Locals Brutally Thrash Three Men Trying to Hoist Tricolour at Ghanta Ghar in Srinagar; Watch Video.
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Earlier, the clock was a major attraction of the city and its chimes used to be heard from a long distance. According to a descendent of the erstwhile royal family of Kapurthala, the clock was installed 120 years ago by then Maharaja Jagatjit Singh.
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