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Bengaluru (Kannada : Beṅgaḷūru ⓘ), formerly called Bangalore, is the capital and largest city of the southern Indian state of Karnataka.As per the 2011 census, the city had a population of 8.4 million, making it the third most populous city in India and the most populous in South India.
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]
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.
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UTC+5:30 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +05:30. This time is used in India [1] and Sri Lanka, [2] and was formerly used in Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh. [3] It is five and a half hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Around 1.4 billion people live inside this time zone, making it the second-most populous after UTC+08:00. [4]
Bengaluru Urban district is the most densely populated of the thirty-one districts that comprise the Indian state of Karnataka.It is surrounded by the Bengaluru Rural district on the east and north, the Ramanagara district on the west and the Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu on the south.
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.
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 .