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🧵Thread: India’s Latitude-Longitude & Standard Time 🕰️

India is not just a country, it’s a civilizational continent.
Its unique geographical extent defines our climate, culture, agriculture & even timekeeping.

Let’s decode India’s latitudes, longitudes & IST 🧵👇

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📍 Latitudinal extent:
➡️ 8°4′ N (Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu)
➡️ 37°6′ N (Jammu & Kashmir)
👉 Stretch = 3214 km north to south.

This vast spread gives India tropical + temperate climates 🌦️snow in Kashmir, beaches in Kerala!

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📍 Longitudinal extent:
➡️ 68°7′ E (Gujarat)
➡️ 97°25′ E (Arunachal Pradesh)
👉 Stretch = 2933 km east to west.

This huge span creates a time difference of 2 hours between Arunachal & Gujarat.

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But why don’t we follow 2 time zones?
Because India follows a single Standard Time.

📍 Chosen longitude = 82°30′ E (near Allahabad, UP).
This is our Standard Meridian → Indian Standard Time (IST).

IST = GMT + 5:30 hrs ⏱️

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Impact of Latitudinal Spread:
👉 Tropic of Cancer (23°30′ N) passes through 8 states.
👉 Divides India into:
• Tropical South
• Sub-Tropical North

That’s why we grow coconuts & coffee in the south, apples & wheat in the north.

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Impact of Longitudinal Spread:
👉 Eastern India sees sunrise ~2 hours before Western India.
Eg: 4:30 am sunrise in Arunachal vs 6:30 am in Gujarat.

Still, one time zone ensures unity & avoids confusion.

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Fact:
IST was adopted in 1906 (British era) & continued after Independence to keep national synchrony.

But states like Assam & Nagaland unofficially follow Chaibagaan Time (1 hr ahead of IST) for efficiency.

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Lesson from India’s Geography:
👉 Our latitudes give us diversity of crops, cuisines & lifestyles.
👉 Our longitudes show how vast & rich Bharat is.
👉 Our single time zone symbolizes unity in diversity.

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India is not just a landmass it’s a living miracle of geography & civilization.
From 8° N to 37° N, from 68° E to 97° E…
Every coordinate tells a story of unity, diversity & timelessness.

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