India:
Biggest, Highest, Largest, Smallest
National Importance
Highest Civilian Award: Bharat Ratna
Highest
Gallantry Award: Pram Vir Chakra
Fastest Train: 1. Vande Bharat (Train 18)
(Between Delhi and
Varanasi at 180 kmph)
2.
Gatimaan Express
(Between Delhi and
Agra at 160 kmph)
Geographical Features
Highest Battle Field: Siachin Glacier
Highest
Peak: K-2 (Karakoram-2)
Also
known as:
Mount Godwin-Austen, Chhogori,
The
King of Mountains,
The
Mountaineers’ Mountain,
The
Mountain of Mountains
Highest Lake: Gurudongmar Lake, (Sikkim): Wiki
Tso Lhamo or Cholamoo Lake, (Sikkim): Manorama
Devtal Lake, (Uttarakhand): Manorama
Largest
Delta: Sundarbans Delta,
(W.Bengal)
Largest
Desert: Great Indian
Desert (Thar), (Rajasthan)
Largest
Fresh Water Lake: Kolleru Lake
(Andhra Pradesh) (Largest in Asia)
or
Wular Lake
(Kashmir)
Largest Lake (Saline Water): Chilka Lake (Odisha)
(Largest
Coastal Salt-Water Lake)
Sambhar Lake (Rajasthan)
(Largest Inland Salt-Water
Lake)
Largest
Man-Made Lake: Govind
Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)
(in Sonbhadra District in Uttar Pradesh)
Largest
River Island: Majuli
(Brahmaputra
River, Assam)
Longest
River: Ganga
Longest
Tributary River: Yamuna
Longest
River Bridge Bhupen Hazarika
Setu
(Dhola Sadiya
Bridge)
over Brahmaputra
(Lohit River)
Longest
Glacier: Siachen 76km
(Indo-Pak Border)
Longest
Beach: Marina
Beach, (Chennai)
Largest
Cave: Krem Liat Prah, (30,957m)
(Meghalaya): Wiki
Amarnath (3,888m)
(Jammu and Kashmir): Manorama
Largest
Cave Temple: Kailash Temple, (Maharashtra)
*The
Kailasa Temple (cave 16) is the largest of the 34 Buddhist, Jain and Hindu cave
temple and monasteries known collectively as the Ellora Cave, ranging
for over 2 kilometers (1.5 miles)
Highest
Rainfall Mawsynram
(near
Cherrapunji in Meghalaya)
Largest
Plateau: Deccan
Plateau
Largest
State (Area): Rajasthan
Largest
State (Population): Uttar Pradesh
Largest
Populated City: Mumbai
Smallest
State (Area): Goa
Smallest
State (Population): Sikkim
State
with Longest Coastline (India): Gujarat
State
with Longest Coastline (South India): Andhra
Pradesh
Architecture
Highest
Dam: Tehri Dam on river
Bhagirathi, (Uttarakhand)
Biggest Mosque: Taj-ul-Masjid (Bhopal):
Wiki
Jama Masjid (Delhi):
Manorama
Highest
Gateway: Buland Darwaza (Fatehpur Sikri)
Tallest
Minar: Qutub Minar (Delhi)
(World’s Tallest Brick Minaret)
Largest
Botanical Garden: Indian Botanical
Garden, (Kolkata)
Largest
Church: Saint Cathedral
(Goa)
Largest
Gurudwara: Golden Temple
Amritsar (Punjab)
Largest
Dome: Gol Gumbaz
(Bijapur)
Largest/Oldest
Museum: Indian Museum (Kolkata)
Largest
Planetarium: Birla Planetarium
(Kolkata)
Largest
Port: Mumbai
Largest
Public Sector Bank: State Bank of India
Largest
Zoo: Zoological
Garden (Kolkata)
Longest
Canal: Indira
Gandhi Canal
(Rajasthan Canal)
Longest
Dam: Hirakund
Dam (Odisha)
Longest
National Highway: NH-44
(Srinagar to Kanyakumari: 3745km)
Oldest
Observatory: Jantar Mantar
(Delhi)
Tallest
Building: Lodha Park-1
(Mumbai) Wiki
Longest
Railway: Dibrugarh (Assam)
to Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu)
(Vivek Express
4,286 km)
Longest
Platform Gorakhpur (Uttar
Pradesh)
Biggest
Stadium in India Narendra Modi
Cricket Stadium (Ahmedabad, Gujrat)
Tallest
Statue (World) Statue of
Unity
(Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel)
on Sardar Sarovar
Dam
over Narmada
River, Gujarat
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