The Indian subcontinent is located on the southern region of Asia and placed on the Indian Plate. The Indian Subcontinent is surrounded by the Indian Ocean. The Indian subcontinent's type of landform is peninsula. It was once part of an ancient southern supercontinent, Gondwana.
Answer:
<em>Phillipines </em>was the first country in the region to be claimed by European colonizers.
Explanation:
Colonised by the Portuguese and Spanish people.
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