what is meant by Indian standard Time? Why do we need standard meridian in 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 ofIndia is taken as 82 ½ ° E longitude. It passes through the city of Allahabad. The local time along this Meridianserves as the Indian Standard Time(I.S.T) .Oct 26, 2016
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