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What is meant by Indian Standard Time? Why do we need a Standard Meridian for India?

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India is a very big country. In order to MAINTAIN the UNIFORMITY of time WITHIN the country the Standard MERIDIAN of India is taken as 82 ½ ° E longitude. It passes through the city of Allahabad. The local time along this Meridian serves as the Indian Standard Time (I.S.T)



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