INDIA GK 

This is India Gk. It contains all about India. This information is useful  for all student and this is updated information. In this we cover all national, geographical and architecture facts.                                                

 

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)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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

 

 

 

 

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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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