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Region of India
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The Himalayan North region comprises the two states and two union territories of India at the northernmost Himalayan mountains (from west to east): Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Part of this region consists of the disputed territory of Kashmir between India, Pakistan and China.
The Plains of India are the country's heartland. Also called the Hindi Belt, this region contains the large and politically significant states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, and the country's capital, New Delhi.
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