The central Location of India at the head of the Indian Ocean is considered of great significance. Why?
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The central location of India at the head of the Indian Ocean is considered of great significance because: (a) It has given India a strategic advantage due to the Trans Indian ocean routes which connect the countries of Europe in the West and the countries of East Asia.
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☞India has got a strategic advantage due to trans - Indian ocean routes which connects the countries of Europe in the west and the countries in the East Asia.
☞It helps India to establish close contact with Africa , West Asia and Europe from the Western Coast and with the south east and East Asia from the eastern coast .
☞The natural harbours and the coastline have benefited India in the process of trade and commerce with the distant countries as well as its neighbour.
☞It has given India a distinct climate than the rest of Asian continent .