Why do we need a standard meridian for India? Explain.
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We need a standard meridian for India because there is a time lag of about 2 hours between Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh. To avoid confusion of time in different states , India adopted a standard meridian which is 82 degrees 30 E and it passes through Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh.
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India is a vast country.
Due to its large extent India has a time lag of about 2 hours between gujarat and arunachal pradesh. This difference in time will create a lot of confusion and problem in railways, transportation, trade, etc.
So to avoid this confusion and to carry on the services smoothly India adopts standard time.
The meridian passing through mirzapur in uttar Pradesh is taken as the standard meridian of india and its time as Indian Standard Time (IST)
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