Monday, 30 January 2017

Biggest, Highest and Largest in India

Biggest, Highest and Largest in India



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
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