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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