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Tropic of Cancer and 82°30' E. longitude |
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Answer» Tropic of cancer : The Tropic of Cancer is the circle marking the latitude 23.5 degrees north, where the sun is directly overhead at noon on June 21, the beginning of summer in the northern hemisphere. The 82.30'Eastern Longitude has been taken as the standard time for the whole country in India . It has helped to avoid a lot of confusion which would have been there by following different local times or in absence of a uniform time. |
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