List of Highest, Biggest and Largest in India
- Highest Lake: Devatal Lake, Gadhwal (Utarakhand)
- Largest Fresh Water Lake: Kolleru Lake (Andhra Pradesh)
- Largest Manmade Lake: Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)
- Largest Lake: Chilka Lake (saline water) - Orrisha
- Largest Lake: Wular Lake (Kashmir)
- Largest State: Rajasthan
- Largest Populated City: Mumbai
- Longest River: The Ganga (2640 Km long)
- Longest Tributary River: Yamuna
- Highest Award: Bharat Ratna
- Highest Peak: Karakoram-2 of K2 (8,611 meters)
- Highest Rainfall: Mausinram near Chirapunji (426 inches per annum)
- Highest waterfall: Gersoppar Waterfall-Mysore (292 meters
high)
- Statewise Largest area under forest: Madhya Pradesh
- Largest delta: Sunderbans Delta
- Largest river without Delta: Narmada a & Tapti
- Longest River Bridge: Mahatma Gandhi Setu (Patna)
- Longest Road: Grand Trunk Road
- Highest Road: Road, Khardungla (Leh Manali Sector)
- Biggest Mosque: Jama masjid at Delhi
- Highest Gateway: Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikiri (53.6
meter high)
- Tallest Statue: Statue of Gomadeshwar in Karnataka (17
meters high)
- Largest Public sector Bank: Sate Bank of India
- Longest Canal: Indhira
Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal
- Largest Dome: Gol Gombaz at Bijapur (Karnataka)
- Largest Zoo: Zoological Garden at Alipure (Kolkata)
- Largest Museum: India Museum at Kolkata
- Longest Dam: Hirakud Dam (Orroisa)
- High Dam: Bhara Dam (225.56 meters high)
- Highest Tower: Kutab Minar at delhi (88.4 meters high)
- Largest Desert: Thar, Rajasthan
- Largest District: Ladakh
- Fastest Train: Shatabdi Exp, Running between New Delhi and
Bhopal
- State with longest coastline: Gujarat
- State with longest coastline in south India: Andhara Pradesh
- Longest Electric Railway line: Delhi to Kolkata via Patna
- Longest Railway Route: Jammu to Kanyakumari
- Longest Platform: Kharagpur, West Bengal, 833 meters length(it
is also longest Railway Station in world)
- Longest Tunnel: Jawahar
tunnel (Jammu and Kashmir)
- Longest Highway: NH-7, Varanasi to Kanyakumari
- Smallest State-Population: Sikkim
- Smallest State-Area: Goa
- Largest State-Population: Uttar Pradesh
- Densest Populated State: West Bengal
- Largest Cave: Amarnath ( Jammu and Kashmir)
- Largest Cave Temple: Kailash Temple (Ellora-Maharastra)
- Largest Animal Fair: Sonepur (Bihar)
- Largest Auditorium: Sri Shanmukhananda Hall (Mumbai)
- Biggest Hotel: Oberai Sheraton(Mumbai)
- Largest Port: Mumbai Port
- Largest Gurudwara: Golden Temple (Amritsar)
- Deepest River valley: Bhagirathi and Alaknanda
- Largest Church: Saint Cathedral ( Goa)
- Oldest Church: St Thomas church at palayar, Thirichur,
kerala
- Longest Beach: Marina Beach (Chennai)
- Highest Battle Field: Siachin Glacier
- Highest Airport: Leh (Laddakh)
- Biggest stadium: Yuva
Bharti Stadium (Kolkata)
- Largets River Island: Majuli, Brahmaputra River (Assam)
- Largest Planetarium: Birla Planetarium (Kolkata)
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ReplyDeleteWhy don't we have a Q/A session everyday so that u shall post a question may be in facebook or somewhere everyday and aspirants will reply and discuss the same on the end of day(Current affairs related ques will be useful)
I will think about your suggestion and will try to make discussion platform soon
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