Biggest, Highest and Largest in India
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Highest Award – Bharat Ratna
Highest Gallantry Award – Param Vir Chakra
Longest River in India – The Ganges
Longest Tributary river of India – Yamuna
Largest Lake – Wular Lake, Kashmir
Largest Lake (Saline Water) – Chilka Lake, Orrisa
Largest Man-Made Lake – Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)
Largest Fresh Water Lake – Kolleru Lake (Andhra Pradesh)
Highest Lake – Devtal Lake, Gadhwal (Uttarakhand)
Highest Lake – Devatal (Gharhwal)
Highest Peak – Karkoram-2 of K-2(8,611 meters)
Highest Peak in the world – is Mount Everest which is in Nepal
Largest Populated City – Mumbai
Largest State(Area) – Rajasthan
Largest State(Population) – Uttar Pradesh
Highest rainfall – Cherrapunhi (426 inches per annum)
Highest Watefall – Nohkalikai Falls (335 meters, 1100 ft high) in Shora
State wise largest area under forest – Madhya Pradesh
Largest Delta – Sunderbans Delta
Largest River without Delta – Narmada and Tapti
Longest Cantilever Span bridge – Howrah Bridge
Longest River Bridge – Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna
Biggest Cave temple – Ellora
Longest Road – Grand Trunk Road
Highest Road – Road at Khardungla,(in Leh-Manali Sector)
Biggest Mosque – Jama Masjid at Delhi
Highest Gateway – Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri (53.6 meters high)
Tallest Statue – Statue of Gomateshwar (17 meters high In Karnataka
Largest Public Sector Bank – State Bank of India
Longest Canal Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal (Rajasthan)
Largest Dome – Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur
Largest Zoo – Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata)
Largest Museum – India Museum at Kolkata
Longest Dam – Hirakud Dam (Orrisa)
Highest Dam – Tehri Dam ( 260 meters , 850 ft )
Highest Tower – Kutab Minar at Delhi (88.4 meters high)
Largest Desert – Thar (Rajasthan)
Largest District – Kutch district
Fastest Train – Shatabadi Express running between New Delhi and Bhopal
State with longest coastline – Gujarat
State with longest coastline of South India – Andhra Pradesh
Longest Electric Railway – Line From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna
Longest Railway Route – From Assam to Kanyakumari
Longest Railway Platform – Kharagpur (W. Bengal)
Highest Railway Station – Ghum (W. Bengal)
Longest Platform – Kharagpur (West Bengal) 833 meters in Length. It is also the longest railway station in world
Longest Tunnel – Jawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir)
Longest Highway – NH-44 (NH-7) which turns from Varanasi to Kanyakumari
Smallest State (Population) – Sikkim
Smallest State (Area) – Goa
Largest State (Area) – Rajasthan
Largest State (Population) – Uttar Pradesh
Densest Populated State – West Bengal
Largest Cave – Amarnath (J&K)
Largest Cave Temple – Kailash Temple, Ellora (Maharastra)
Largest Animal Fair – Sonepur (Bihar)
Largest Auditorium – Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
Biggest Hotel – Oberai-Sheraton (Mumbai)
Largest Port – Mumbai
Largest Gurudwara – Golden Temple, Amritsar
Deepest River Valley – Bhagirathi & Alaknanda
Largest Church – Saint Cathedral (Goa)
Oldest Church – St. Thomas Church at Palayar, Trichur (Kerala)
Longest River – Ganga (2640 km long)
Longest Beach – Marina Beach, Chennai
Highest Battle Field – Siachin Glacier
Highest Airport – Leh (Laddakh)
Biggest Stadium – Yuva Bharti (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata
Largest River – Island Majuli (Brahmaputra River, Asom)
Largest Planetarium – Birla Planetarium (Kolkata)
Sambhar lake – Largest inland salt lake