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'''Bombay Time''' was one of the two official time zones established in [[British India]] in 1884. The [[time zone]] was established during the [[International Meridian Conference]] held at [[Washington, D.C.]] in the [[United States]] in 1884. It was then decided that India would have two time zones, with Calcutta (now [[Kolkata]]) using the [[90th meridian east]] and Bombay (now [[Mumbai]]) the [[75th meridian east]]. Bombay Time was set at 4 hours and 51 minutes ahead of [[Greenwich Mean Time]] (GMT).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/asia/india/time/history-indian-time.htm |title=Indian Time Zones (IST) |accessdate=2006-08-13 |work=Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030014631/http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/asia/india/time/history-indian-time.htm |archive-date=30 October 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17759/17759-h/17759-h.htm |title=Indian Time Zones (IST) |accessdate=2006-08-13 |work=Project Gutenberg| publisher=International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884 Protocols of the Proceedings}}</ref><br />
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However, Bombay Time was difficult to convert to [[Indian Standard Time]] (IST) after it was adopted on 1 January 1906 as the official time zone of [[India]]. During the conversion in [[Bombay]], [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]], a prominent freedom fighter of the [[Indian independence movement]] was put on trial in a bombing case. With public sentiment against the government, prominent barrister [[Pherozeshah Mehta]] argued against the change. He managed to stall proceedings in the [[Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai|Bombay Municipal Corporation]] for a few days by arguing that the government did not take the people into confidence. Faced with rising public resentment over the trial, the government shelved the conversion, and Bombay Time was maintained until 1955.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mumbai-central.com/nukkad/dec2001/msg00221.html |title=Bombay time |date=2001-12-08 |accessdate=2006-08-13 |work=Mumbai-central.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928021025/http://www.mumbai-central.com/nukkad/dec2001/msg00221.html |archive-date=28 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Calcutta Time]]<br />
*[[Indian Standard Time]]<br />
*[[Madras Time]]<br />
*[[Port Blair mean time]]<br />
*[[Railway time#India|Railway time in India]]<br />
*[[Time in India]]<br />
*[[UTC+05:30]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Time zones]]<br />
[[Category:Time in India]]<br />
[[Category:Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:1884 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:1955 disestablishments in India]]<br />
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