Facts About Highest and Longest in India

Highest and Biggest in India
 

  1. Highest Award: Bharat Ratna
     
  2. Highest Gallantry Award: Param Vir Chakra
     
  3. Highest Lake: Devtal Lake, Gadhwal (Uttarakhand)
     
  4. Highest Peak: Karkoram-2 of K-2(8,611 meters) (Highest Peak in the world is Mount Everest which is in Nepal)
     
  5. Highest rainfall: Cherrapunji (426 inches per annum)
     
  6. Highest Waterfalls: Nohkalikai Falls (335 meters, 1100 ft high) in Shora
     
  7. Highest Road: Road at Khardungla,(in Leh-Manali Sector)
     
  8. Biggest Mosque: Jama Masjid at Delhi
     
  9. Highest Gateway: Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri (53.6 meters high)
     
  10. Tallest Statue: Statue of Gomateshwar (17 meters high In Karnataka
     
  11. Highest Dam: Tehri Dam ( 260 meters, 850 ft )
     
  12. Highest Tower: Kutab Minar at Delhi (88.4 meters high)
     
  13. Largest Desert: Thar (Rajasthan)
     
  14. Fastest Train: Shatabdi Express running between New Delhi and Bhopal
     
  15. Densest Populated State: West Bengal
     
  16. Biggest Hotel: Oberoi-Sheraton (Mumbai)
     
  17. Deepest River Valley: Bhagirathi & Alaknanda
     
  18. Oldest Church: St. Thomas Church at Palayar, Trichur (Kerala)
     
  19. Highest Battle Field: Siachin Glacier
     
  20. Highest Airport: Leh (Laddakh)
     
  21. Biggest Stadium: Yuva Bharti (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata
     
  22. Smallest State (Population): Sikkim
     
  23. Smallest State (Area): Goa

 

Longest in India
 

  1. Longest River in India: The Ganges

  2. Longest Tributary river of India: Yamuna

  3. Largest Lake: Wular Lake, Kashmir

  4. Largest Lake (Saline Water): Chilka Lake, Orrisa

  5. Largest Man-Made Lake: Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)

  6. Largest Fresh Water Lake: Kolleru Lake (Andhra Pradesh)

  7. Largest Populated City: Mumbai

  8. Largest State(Area): Rajasthan

  9. Largest State(Population): Uttar Pradesh

  10. State wise largest area under forest: Madhya Pradesh

  11. Largest Delta: Sunderbans Delta

  12. Largest River without Delta: Narmada and Tapti

  13. Longest Cantilever Span bridge: Howrah Bridge

  14. Longest River Bridge: Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna

  15. Biggest Cave temple: Ellora

  16. Longest Road: Grand Trunk Road

  17. Largest Public Sector Bank: State Bank of India

  18. Longest Canal: Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal (Rajasthan)

  19. Largest Dome: Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur

  20. Largest Zoo: Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata)

  21. Largest Museum: India Museum at Kolkata

  22. Longest Dam: Hirakud Dam (Orrisa)

  23. Largest District: Kutch district

  24. State with the longest coastline: Gujarat

  25. State with the longest coastline of South India: Andhra Pradesh

  26. Longest Electric Railway Line: From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna

  27. Longest Railway Route: From Assam to Kanyakumari

  28. Longest Railway Platform: Kharagpur (W. Bengal)

  29. Longest Railway Station: Ghum (W. Bengal)

  30. Longest Platform: Kharagpur (West Bengal) 833 meters in Length. It is also the longest railway station in world

  31. Longest Tunnel: Jawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir)

  32. Longest Highway: NH-44 (NH-7) which turns from Varanasi to Kanyakumari

  33. Largest State (Area): Rajasthan

  34. Largest State (Population): Uttar Pradesh

  35. Largest Cave: Amarnath (J&K)

  36. Largest Cave Temple: Kailash Temple, Ellora (Maharastra)

  37. Largest Animal Fair: Sonepur (Bihar)

  38. Largest Auditorium: Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)

  39. Largest Port: Mumbai

  40. Largest Gurudwara: Golden Temple, Amritsar

  41. Largest Church: Saint Cathedral (Goa)

  42. Longest River: Ganga (2640 km long)

  43. Longest Beach: Marina Beach, Chennai

  44. Largest River Island: Majuli (Brahmaputra River, Asom)

  45. Largest Planetarium: Birla Planetarium (Kolkata)

  46. Largest inland salt lake: Sambhar lake









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