Question

give reason for selecting longitude 83°30 as the standard meridian of india

Answer 1

it is selected as the standard meridian to avoid confusion and to have a uniform time for all of India. it is also the only meridian to pass exactly thru India _______________ pls mark me as brainliest and hope it helped

Answer 2

from gujarat to arunachal pradesh there is a time lag of 2 hrs. the time along the standard meridian of india passing through mirza pur UP is taken sa standard time for the whole country. it avoids confusion which could have been created due to following different local times