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Gogoi for Assam local time
The Hindu | Sushanta Talukdar | Guwahati, January 2, 2014
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday said his government was contemplating the introduction of local time for the State, which would be one hour ahead of the Indian Standard Time.
till the early 1990s, tea gardens in Assam followed “Garden Time” which was set by advancing the clock by one hour ahead of the IST. “The Garden Time” was introduced by British tea planters to capitalise on daylight. The system was no longer in practice.
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