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Biggest, Highest and Largest in India
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Highest Award |
Bharat Ratna |
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Highest Gallantry Award |
Param Vir Chakra |
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Longest River in India |
The Ganges |
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Longest Tributary river of India |
Yamuna |
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Largest Lake |
Wular Lake, Kashmir |
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Largest Lake (Saline Water) |
Chilika Lake, Odisha |
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Largest Man-Made Lake |
Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam) |
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Largest Fresh Water Lake |
Kolleru Lake (Andhra Pradesh) |
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Highest Lake |
Devtal Lake, Garhwal (Uttarakhand) |
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Highest Lake |
Devtal (Garhwal) |
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Highest Peak |
Karakoram- 2 of K-2(8,611 meters) |
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Largest Populated City |
Mumbai |
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Largest State(Area) |
Rajasthan |
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Largest State(Population) |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Highest rainfall |
Cherrapunji (426 inches per annum) |
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Highest Waterfall |
Nohkalikai Falls (335 meters, 1100 ft high) in Shora |
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State wise largest area under forest |
Madhya Pradesh |
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Largest Delta |
Sundarbans Delta |
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Largest River without Delta |
Narmada and Tapti |
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Longest Cantilever Span bridge |
Howrah Bridge |
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Longest River Bridge |
Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna |
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Biggest Cave temple |
Ellora |
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Longest Road |
Grand Trunk Road |
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Highest Road |
Road at Khardung La,(in Leh-Manali Sector) |
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Biggest Mosque |
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Highest Gateway |
Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri (53.6 meters high) |
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Tallest Statue |
Statue of Gomateshwara (17 meters high In Karnataka) |
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Largest Public Sector Bank |
State Bank of India |
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Longest Canal |
Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal (Rajasthan) |
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Largest Dome |
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Largest Zoo |
Zoological Garden at Alipore (Kolkata) |
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Largest Museum |
India Museum at Kolkata |
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Longest Dam |
Hirakud Dam (Odisha) |
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Highest Dam |
Tehri Dam ( 260 meters , 850 ft ) |
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Highest Tower |
Qutab Minar at Delhi (88.4 meters high) |
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Largest Desert |
Thar (Rajasthan) |
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Largest District |
Kutch district |
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Fastest Train |
Shatabdi Express running between New Delhi and Bhopal |
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State with longest coastline |
Gujarat |
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State with longest coastline of South India |
Andhra Pradesh |
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Longest Electric Railway Line |
From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna |
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Longest Railway Route |
From Assam to Kanyakumari |
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Longest Railway Platform |
Kharagpur (W. Bengal) |
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Highest Railway Station |
Ghum (W. Bengal) |
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Longest Platform |
Kharagpur (West Bengal) 833 meters in Length. It is also the longest railway station in world |
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Longest Tunnel |
Jawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir) |
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Longest Highway |
NH- 44 (NH- 7) which turns from Varanasi to Kanyakumari |
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Smallest State (Population) |
Sikkim |
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Smallest State (Area) |
Goa |
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Largest State (Area) |
Rajasthan |
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Largest State (Population) |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Densest Populated State |
West Bengal |
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Largest Cave |
Amarnath (J&K) |
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Largest Cave Temple |
Kailasa Temple, Ellora (Maharashtra) |
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Largest Animal Fair |
Sonpur (Bihar) |
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Largest Auditorium |
Sri Shanmukhananda Hall (Mumbai) |
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Biggest Hotel |
Oberoi-Sheraton (Mumbai) |
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Largest Port |
Mumbai |
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Largest Gurdwara |
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Deepest River Valley |
Bhagirathi & Alaknanda |
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Largest Church |
Saint Cathedral (Goa) |
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Oldest Church |
St. Thomas Church at Palayoor, Thrissur (Kerala) |
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Longest River |
Ganges (2640 km long) |
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Longest Beach |
Marina Beach, Chennai |
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Highest Battle Field |
Siachen Glacier |
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Highest Airport |
Leh (Ladakh) |
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Biggest Stadium |
Yuva Bharati (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata |
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Largest River Island |
Majuli (Brahmaputra River, Assam) |
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Largest Planetarium |
Birla Planetarium (Kolkata) |
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Sambhar lake |
Largest inland salt lake |
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