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How is that possible? Considering that the monsoon goes south-west to north-east?
May be this would help clear up what is being taught in 10th Class in most Indian schools. The suggestions of guy with the long name are ridiculous as hell.
Mosoon does go to Pakistan btw but that is irrelevant to the context
The southwest monsoon is generally expected to begin around the beginning of June and fade away by the end of September. The moisture-laden winds on reaching the southernmost point of the Indian Peninsula, due to its topography, become divided into two parts: the Arabian Sea Branch and the Bay of Bengal Branch.
The Arabian Sea Branch of the Southwest Monsoon first hits the Western Ghats of the coastal state of Kerala, India, thus making this area the first state in India to receive rain from the Southwest Monsoon. This branch of the monsoon moves northwards along the Western Ghats (Konkan andGoa) with precipitation on coastal areas, west of the Western Ghats. The eastern areas of the Western Ghats do not receive much rain from this monsoon as the wind does not cross the Western Ghats.
(Now to the your question)
The Bay of Bengal Branch of Southwest Monsoon flows over the Bay of Bengal heading towards North-East India and Bengal, picking up more moisture from the Bay of Bengal. They generally tend to move towards Maynmmar but the Arakan Yoma halt them from crossing it and they are made to turn towards the North East of India changing their South-west direction to South-east.
The winds arrive at the Eastern Himalayas with large amounts of rain.Mawsynram, situated on the southern slopes of the Khasi Hills in Meghalaya, India, is one of the wettest places on Earth(Because the monsoon winds are coming from the south-east direction). From there, they move through the valleys of the river Jamuna(Since this is the only part where the land is at sea level. All other parts are high mountainous regions). Then they move towards the valley of Assam where they shed a considerable amount of its moisture. You can see in the photo below that the Assam valley is surrounded by mountains on all its sides. So the monsoon winds move in a swirling manner and since they become light due to shedding of moistures, they rise up. This makes it possible for them to cross the mountains and enter the northern plains through the river valleys.
The Himalayas on the North restrict their movement up and so they are made to move along the Northern Plains. On reaching the Himachal Region, they tend to turn west towards Rajasthan and Pakistan due to the Low Pressuref ormed over there and also the plateau region of Punjab and Haryana restrict some of its movement.