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The Indian Standard Time was adopted on 1 January 1906 during the British era with the phasing out of its precursor Madras Time (Railway Time), [2] and after Independence in 1947, the Union government established IST as the official time for the whole country, although Kolkata and Mumbai retained their own local time (known as Calcutta Time and Bombay Time) until 1948 and 1955, respectively. [3]
This continued until the 1940s, when time signals began to be broadcast using the radio by the government. [8] Briefly during World War II, clocks under Indian Standard Time were advanced by one hour, referred to as War Time. This provision lasted from 1 September 1942, to 15 October 1945. [11]
Mondays are the start of the week as per ISO 8601. Traditionally, Sunday (Ravivar) is considered as the first day of the week in India and the official calendar published by the Government of India shows the day order from Sunday to Saturday with Monday depicted as the start of workweek with weekends falling on Saturday and Sunday. [6]
Pages in category "June 2019 in India" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
The Gazette of India is dated in both the Gregorian calendar and the Indian national calendar. The Indian national calendar, also called the Shaka calendar or Śaka calendar, is a solar calendar that is used alongside the Gregorian calendar by The Gazette of India, in news broadcasts by All India Radio, and in calendars and official communications issued by the Government of India. [1]
Ritu (Sanskrit: ऋतु) means "season" in different ancient Indian calendars used in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. There are six ritus (also transliterated ritu) or seasons. Seasons are different times of the year and there are 12 months in the year. Every month has its own special season.
Normally, the southwest monsoon can be expected to "burst" onto the western coast of India (near Thiruvananthapuram) at the beginning of June and to cover the entire country by mid-July. [12] [24] [25] Its withdrawal from India typically starts at the beginning of September and finishes by the beginning of October. [26] [27]
27 June: India becomes a member of Missile Technology Control Regime. 23 September: India signs a billion-dollar defence deal with France to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets. 27 September: India launches its first space laboratory, AstroSat, in its biggest project since its Mars orbiter mission in 2014. 8 November