Geography, asked by yashita14, 1 year ago

which meridian is selected as standard meridian of india and why


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Answered by BrahmleenKaur
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82°30'E
It passes through Mirzapur near Allahbad in UP
It passes almost through the centre of India
As per international standards the central meridian of every country has to be a multiple of 7.5 or 15 to make it convenient to calculate the time difference from GMT
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