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Why ist is ahead of gmt?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 7/19/2023

It stems from when India was part of the British Empire. By putting your watch 5.5hours ahead of GMT, when in India, you always knew the time back in Blighty by simply looking at you watch upside down. This obviously doesn't work during BST.

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