Ali Amjad's Clock

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Ali Amjad's clock is a nineteenth century establishment situated in Sylhet city of Bangladesh, [1] which is mainly a great watch, on the top of a house. This ancient historical monument of Sylhet is now in a stagnant position in the absence of authority and neglect of the authorities.

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The watch's diameter is two and a half feet in the Sylhet Sadar Upazila, along the bank of Surma River and the clockwise two feet tall. When the watch was not free, at that time, in 1874, this historic watch tower was constructed on the bank of Surma river on the right side of the gate of the Sylhet metropolis (North Surma). Zamindar Ali Amjad Khan, the landlord of Kulaura, landlord Ali Amjad Khan. The high-dome-shaped architectural cliff with corrugated iron on the pillar of iron has been known as Ali Amjad's clock tower.
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During the War of Liberation, the ancient clock system was dispersed by the bullets of the occupation forces. After independence, Sylhet municipality was activated by repairing the clock, but the clock was stopped soon after. In 1987, Ali Amjad's clock was repaired and restored. After the launch of the clock, one of Dhaka t he makers of the company arrange remote control to keep the clock going. Through the remote control of the municipal chairman's office, the clock turned round the clock. But when the two-four years did not go, the clock was stopped again. The watch was then restarted in electronic form by the Season Company. But the time of the year does not turn the clock's thorns off again. In 2011, the Sylhet City Corporation repaired the clock again and again it was operational 24 hours a day.
There was a local proverb on this clock:
The stairs of Chandni Ghat, Ali Amjad's watch, Jitu Mia's house, Bunkey Babur's beard.