India and World's Highest Longest Largest Smallest Deepest Things

 India and World's Highest Longest Largest Smallest Deepest Things
India and World's Highest Longest Largest Smallest Deepest Things

*    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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