Satkhanda Watchtower

The Satkhanda watchtower, or "the tower of seven storeys", is located outdoor the Chhota Imambara. Satkhanda was built between 1837 and 1842 all through the guideline of Mohammad Ali Shah and the development changed into interrupted while he passed away – for this reason, no matter its call, the tower handiest has four storeys. Ali Shah desired to make it much like Qutub Minar of Delhi and the leaning tower of Pisa in Italy. Its primary reason is lunar commentary. Satkhanda, built in 1842 by way of Nawab Mohammad Ali Shah, is a decaying 67 meter red-brick watchtower, placed simply opposite to the Hussainabad Imambara.

It is a beauty of medieval architecture and is visited by a number of tourists from all over the international. The tower indicates a mix of French and Italian fashion structural designs. It changed into built during the time of Nawab Muhamad Ali Shah, however his premature dying in 1840 blocked its production. Though the towering shape is called as Satkhanda, this means that seven memories, it holds only 4 testimonies. Famed as the tallest tower in India, Satkhanda, is assumed to be built in the 1880s in reminiscence of Sir George Couper, a reform-minded Governor of UP.