Discribe the geographical importace of india
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India has a unique semi-tropical climate and this is a prime factor for India being a diverse country. Our latitudinal extent coupled with our location in Indian ocean produces the diverse flora and fauna that we have. India being a sub-continent is itself a proof of the importance of India’s geography, at least in Indian ocean region.
History tells us that India has been a focal point in international trade routes. It was an important link between products of tropical countries east to it with the consumer countries of temperate zone to the west. The monsoon winds played a major role in guiding the ships from our eastern coast all the way to the Persian Gulf.
India never had any major rival in Indian ocean region and that had helped India in becoming an economic power in pre-industrial times. During the colonial period, as Curzon has rightly pointed out, India was a gateway to the Asia at that time and helped the British to dominate the region surrounding it.
Independence gave India the chance to take advantage of its location in defining the foreign policy. Proximity to other colonized countries like that of south-east Asian and African countries provided a suitable condition to support the Non-Alignment. But major setbacks such as losing to China in 1962 and poor economic conditions hampered its chances to influence the Indian ocean region. And India was unable to show the importance of its location on the map at least till the dawn of this century.
It helps India to keep a close contact with west Asia,Africa and Europe from western cost,and southeast and east Asia from the eastern Asia. ... India also serves as an important transit points for sea routes connecting the two regions that is countries of Europe with countries of east Asia.
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