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Two pieces of India’s land?

The tall peaks of the Himalayas have always fascinated terrestrial scientists. But beneath these sky-touching peaks, a strange movement is going on inside the land. Here the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates are slowly colliding.

The Himalayas were born because of this collision that started 6 crore years ago. Now in recent research scientists have found that the Indian plate is cracking. Meaning, in the future the land of India can be split into two pieces.

A similar process happened with Africa, when it separated from Asia and the Indian subcontinent became attached to Asia.

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