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Largest, Longest, Highest And Smallest In India

Largest, Longest, Highest And Smallest In India


1.      Longest river
Ganges
2.      The longest tributary river of India
Yamuna
3.      The longest river of the south
Godavari
4.      Highest mountain peak
Godwin Austin (k2)
5.      Largest lake (Fresh water)
Wular lake (Kashmir)
6.      Highest Dam
Bhakra Dam (Punjab)
7.      Largest Mosque
Jama Masjid, Delhi
8.      Longest Road
Grand Trunk Road
9.      State with longest coastline
Gujarat
10.  Largest Railway Route
From Jammu to Kanya Kumari
11.  Longest Tunnel
Jawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir)
12.  Longest national highway
NH-7which runs from Varanasi to Kanyakumari
13.  Longest Dam
Hirakod Dam (Orissa)
14.  Longest River Bridge
Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna
15.  Longest populated city
Mumbai (1.60 crore)
16.  Largest Museum
National Museum, Kolkata
17.  Largest Delta
Sunderban Delta, W. Bengal
18.  Largest Dome
Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur (Karnataka)
19.  Largest Zoo
Zoological Gardens, Alipur, Kolkata
20.  Largest man-made Lake
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)
21.  Largest Desert
Thar (Rajasthan)
22.  Highest Tower
Pitampura Tower, Delhi
23.  Smallest State (Area)
Goa
24.  Smallest State (Population)
Sikkim
25.  Highest Waterfall
Gersoppa waterfall (Karnataka)
26.  Longest Electric railway line
From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna
27.  Densest populated State
West Bengal
28.  Largest cave temple
Kailash temple, Ellora (Maharashtra)
29.  Largest animal Fair
Sonepur (Bihar)
30.  Highest Gateway
Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri (Agra)
31.  Biggest Hotel
Oberal –Sharaton (Mumbai)
32.  Largest State (Area)
Rajasthan
33.  Largest State (Population)
Uttar Pradesh
34.  Place of heaviest rainfall
Mausinram (Meghalaya)
35.  Largest corridor
Rameshwaram temple corridor (Tamil Nadu)
36.  Largest cantilever span bride
Howrah Bridge (Kolkata)
37.  Largest forest state
M.P.
38.  Highest straight gravity Dam
Bhakra Dam
39.  Longest Railway Platform
Kharagpur (W. Bengal)
40.  Largest Stadium
Salt lake (Yuva Bhaeti), Kolkata
41.  Largest Port
Mumbai
42.  Highest Lake
Devatal (Garhwal)
43.  Largest Lake (Saline water)
Chika lake, Orissa
44.  Highest Award
Bharat Ratna
45.  Highest Gallantry Award
Paramveer Chakra
46.  Largest Gurudwara
Golden Temple, Amritsar
47.  Deepest river valley
Bhagirathi & Alaknanda
48.  State with longest coastline of South India
Andhra Pradesh
49.  Longest river which forms estuary
Narmada
50.  Largest Church
Saint Cathedral (Goa)
51.  Longest Beach
Marina Beach, Chennai
52.  Highest Battle field
Siachin Glacier
53.  Highest  Airport
Len (Laddakh)
54.  Largest river island
Majuli (Brahmaputra river, Assam)
55.  Largest Planetarium
Birla Planetarium (Kolkata)