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The Indian Standard Time (IST)

Did you know that until 1948, India had three official time-zones? Today we have one time-zone for the entire country, aligned with a Meridian that passes through the city of Mirzapur. The beautifully crafted Ghanta-Ghar in Mirzapur tells the story of Indian standard time.

Image attributions:


1. Physical map of India

Vigneshdm1990, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Physical_Map_of_India.jpg 


2. Gori Chen Mountain Ranges, Mandala, Arunachal Pradesh

Koshy Koshy from Faridabad, Haryana, India, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sunrise_in_the_Himalayas_(11096205714).jpg


3. The White Rann of Kutch

Rahul Zota, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_Rann_of_Kutch.jpg


4. Worldwide time zones Map

UnaitxuGV, Heitordp and others, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_Time_Zones_Map.png


5. Great Indian Peninsula Railway – Climbing the Ghaut Inclines

Pechristener – The Locomotive Magazine, July 15, 1924, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway_-_Climbing_the_Ghaut_Inclines.jpg#/media/File:Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway_-_Climbing_the_Ghaut_Inclines.jpg


6. Railway map of India in 1871

Saunders Geographers, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IndianRailways1871b.jpg


7. Madras Central Station View From General Hospital, 1890 Photo

From the collection- Vintage Raja Ravi Varma “Laxmi” Oleograph by Past India.com

https://www.past-india.com/photos-items/madras-central-station-view-from-general-hospital-1890-photo/ 


8. Mirzapur railway station 

Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mirzapur_RS_nameplate.JPG


9. The central train station in Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India

Arian Zwegersderivative work: MrPanyGoff, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chennai_train_station.jpg


10. Historical building of the University in Mumbai, India

A.Savin, FAL, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mumbai_03-2016_38_University.jpg


11. The Clock Tower in the old city centre of Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

Ramesh Thadani, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jodhpur_Clock_Tower.jpg


12. Aligarh clock house, Aligarh

Whispyhistory, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aligarh_clock_house.jpg


13. Clock Tower of Murshidabad

Prabhakar1996, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clock_Tower_of_Murshidabad.jpg

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