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Such designations can be ambiguous; for example, "CST" can mean China Standard Time (UTC+08:00), Cuba Standard Time (UTC−05:00), and (North American) Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00), and it is also a widely used variant of ACST (Australian Central Standard Time, UTC+9:30). Such designations predate both ISO 8601 and the internet era; in ...
For most of India's history, ruling kingdoms kept their own local time, typically using the Hindu calendar in both lunar and solar units. [6] For example, the Jantar Mantar observatory built by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh in Jaipur in 1733 contains large sundials, up to 27 m (90 ft) high, which were used to accurately determine the local time.
The Indian Standard Time was adopted on 1 January 1906 during the British era with the phasing out of its precursor Madras Time (Railway Time), [2] and after Independence in 1947, the Union government established IST as the official time for the whole country, although Kolkata and Mumbai retained their own local time (known as Calcutta Time and Bombay Time) until 1948 and 1955, respectively. [3]
With an estimated population of 8.5 million in 2011, [18] Bangalore is now the fourth most populous city in India and the 28th most populous city in the world. [ 19 ] Bangalore was the fastest-growing Indian metropolis after New Delhi between 1991–2001.
Bengaluru (Kannada : Beṅgaḷūru ⓘ), formerly called Bangalore, is the capital and largest city of the southern state of Karnataka.As per the 2011 census, the city had a population of more than 8.4 million, making it the third most populous city in India and the most populous in South India.
The Bangalore Cantonment (1806–1881) was a military cantonment of the British Raj based in the Indian city of Bangalore. The cantonment covered an area of 13 square miles (34 km 2 ), extending from the Residency on the west to Binnamangala on the east and from the Tanneries on Tannery Road in the north to AGRAM ( Army Group Royal Artillery ...
In November 2006, the Karnataka Government issued a notification to merge 100 wards of the erstwhile Bangalore Mahanagara Palike with seven City Municipal Councils (CMC)s, one Town Municipal Council (TMC) and 111 villages around the city to form a single administrative area. The process was completed in April 2007.
The Bangalore metropolitan area, referred to as the Garden City of India has an abundance of fauna and flora. But now this is gone due to deforestation. But now this is gone due to deforestation. The city has two nationally renowned botanical gardens —Cubbon Park and Lal Bagh .