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And if I asked you where the Himalaya mountains are located, could you answer correctly? If your answer was no, I would have to agree, and I think a lot of people wouldn't know that either. The Himalayan mountains can be seen in the northern part of India and in the south of the Indian subcontinent. Furthermore, they are divided into three ranges, the Outer Himalayas, the Lesser Himalayas and the Greater Himalayas. They have over 110 peaks and their heights range from 10,000 feet to 30,000 feet high. The Himalayans are very popular among tourists and mountaineers. According to Historychannel.com, over 2,700 people have climbed the famous Mount Everest, which is located in the Greater Himalayas and over 200 have died, during failed attempts. Mountaineering can be a fascinating experience and is proven to attract more and more people every day, thanks to its beauty and heights. (History Channel) The republic of India is located in Asia. The capital is New Delhi. It is made up of 28 states, one national capital territory and six union territories. With its huge population, India has become second in overpopulation, while China is first, with a total of 1.35 billion people. India's population is more than one billion, or about 1,000 citizens per square mile. By 2030, India is expected to take first place in terms of total population, with an estimated 1.53 billion people. (Columbia Encyclopedia)Here's another important fact, did you know that years ago the life expectancy of an Indian was 65 years? I did further research and here are the results to prove the above, 50% of their population was under 25 and 65% under 35. Over 4% of them...... half of the sheet ......Encyclopedia. EBSCO. Web April 11, 2011.Lal, Vinay “Images of the Indian-American Experience.” “Live like the banyan tree. :Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies 1999:42-48. Web.Gidwani, Vinay and K, Sivarmakrishnan. “Cicular Migration and the Spaces of Cultural Assertion. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol 93, (2003), pp, 186-213.http/www.jstor.org/stable/1515330Roy, Prodipto. “Measuring Assimilation: The Spokane Indians.” The American Journal of Sociology, vol. 67, no. 5 (1962) pp 541-551. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2775169Snipp, Matthew. “Sociological Perspectives on American Indians.” Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 18(1992): pp 351-371. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2083458M.Night:www.biography.comRam Shriram: www.cyberabadtimes.com