The standard meridian of India passes through the city of Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh.
Standard Meridian is a longitude that determines a standard time for the whole country. The standard meridian of India is 82°30’E.
A standard meridian was adopted among many meridians for the country to bring about uniformity in time across the country. There are different time zones in India. For Example, In India, there is a gap of about 2 hours between the local time of Gujarat(Dwarka) and Assam(Dibrugarh).
Different countries have different longitudes to determine the time of a country.
In India, the standard meridian passes through the states of Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Chattisgarh.
There was a unique standard time for Kolkata till 1948.
The Indian Standard Time is five and a half hours ahead of the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
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