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In the latter part of the nineteenth century, Calcutta Time was the dominant time of the Indian part of the British empire with records of astronomical and geological events recorded in it. Willian Strachey, an uncle of
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was said to have visited Calcutta once and then "kept his own watch set resolutely to Calcutta Time, organizing the remaining fifty-six years of his life accordingly".
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The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australia
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Calcutta Time was described as being 23 minutes and 20 second ahead of
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The Ruling Caste: Imperial Lives in the Victorian Raj
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Index

Calcutta time
time zones
British India
International Meridian Conference
Washington, D.C.
United States
India
Kolkata
90th meridian east
Mumbai
75th meridian east
Greenwich Mean Time
Indian standard time
Bombay Time
Madras Time
Indian Standard Time
Lytton Strachey
James Clavell
King Rat
Bombay Time
Indian Standard Time
Madras Time
Port Blair mean time
Railway time in India
Time in India
UTC+05:30
"Science, Notes and News"
doi
10.1126/science.23.588.558
JSTOR

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