The Standard Meridian of India 82°30'E passes through Mirzapur, Allahabad but the Standard Meridian of U.A.E does not pass through U.A.E. Give reason.
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India is a huge country and our country's east-west distance is more than 2900 km which covers over 29 degrees of longitudes, resulting in the Sun rising and setting almost two hours earlier on India's eastern border than in Rann of Kutch in Gujarat in the far west. Also it was necessary to have a specific time all over the country. Standard meridian of India is 82°30' east. This is helpful to determine time in India. The local time at this meridian is taken as the standard time for the whole country. It passes almost through the the centre of the country.
Standard meridian of U.A.E. does not pass through U.A.E. because U.A.E. is a small country. U.A.E. Standard time zone is the time zone for the United Arab Emirates. It is given by Gulf Standard Time, being 4 hours ahead of GMT and it is co-linear with neighbouring Oman.
India is a huge country and our country's east-west distance is more than 2900 km which covers over 29 degrees of longitudes, resulting in the Sun rising and setting almost two hours earlier on India's eastern border than in Rann of Kutch in Gujarat in the far west. Also it was necessary to have a specific time all over the country. Standard meridian of India is 82°30' east. This is helpful to determine time in India. The local time at this meridian is taken as the standard time for the whole country. It passes almost through the the centre of the country.
Standard meridian of U.A.E. does not pass through U.A.E. because U.A.E. is a small country. U.A.E. Standard time zone is the time zone for the United Arab Emirates. It is given by Gulf Standard Time, being 4 hours ahead of GMT and it is co-linear with neighbouring Oman.
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India is a large country by area and its longitude ranges from 68 degree East to 97 degree East. Gujarat on the west and Arunachal Pradesh on the east most corner of the country has time difference of approximately two hours, actually.
But, to avoid any confusions of timezone within a country, a central standard meridian of 82°30'E that passes through Mirzapur, Allahabad is chosen. UTC+5.30 is the Indian time zone.
United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a small country with seven emirates in the gulf area. It is co-linear (lie on the same line in the map) with its neighboring country 'Oman'. Both UAE and Oman follow Gulf Standard Time (ie.) UTC +4.00.
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