The Indo-Gangetic Plain is a plain located in the Indian subcontinent. There are three rivers in the area that are the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra and it limits on the north with the Himalayas. It is the area of India that is most densely populated and there is a lot of agriculture as the soil is fertile because of the presence of minerals and the rivers.
This is true. The homestead act gave people huge properties for a small price if they were willing to work on the field for 5 years. After 5 years it would become their and they could do with it as they wished.