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Indian exhibitor Hardik arranges a display of wooden clocks at a stall during an exhibit in Amritsar on September 7, 2012 (NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images)

Why India is Half an Hour Off Global Time Zones

Colonial control, nation-building, and political rivalry dictated elements of subcontinental life — including time itself.

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