Highest Gallantry Award | Param Vir Chakra |
Highest Civilian Award | Bharat Ratna |
Longest Tributary river in India | Yamuna |
Longest River in India | The Ganges |
Largest State (Area wise) | Rajasthan |
Largest Populated City | Mumbai |
Largest Lake | Wular Lake, Kashmir |
Largest Man-Made Lake | Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam) |
Largest Salt water Lake | Chilka Lake, Odisha |
Highest Lake | Devtal Lake,Gadhwal (Uttarakhand) |
Highest Peak | Karkoram-2 / K-2 (8611 mtr.) |
Longest Cantilever Span bridge | Howrah Bridge |
Highest Waterfall | Gersoppar Waterfall (292 mtr, Mysuru or Mysore) |
Highest Rainfall | Mausinram near Cherrapunji (1082 cms/annum) |
Largest Delta | Sunderbans Delta |
Largest River without Delta | Narmada |
Longest River Bridge | Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna |
State-wise largest area under forest | Madhya Pradesh |
Highest Road in India | Road at Khardungla, (in Leh-Manali Sector) |
Longest Road | Grand Trunk Road |
Biggest Mosque in India | Jama Masjid, Delhi |
Largest Dome | Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur |
Longest Canal | Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal (Rajasthan) |
Largest Museum | Indian Museum, Kolkata |
Largest Zoo | Zoological Garden, Kolkata |
Highest Dam | Bhakra Dam (225.5m high) |
Longest Dam | Hirakud Dam (Odisha) |
Largest Desert | Thar (Rajasthan) |
Highest Tower | Kutab Minar, Delhi, 88.4m |
India’s & World’s tallest statue | Statue of Unity, 182 m., Sadhu Bet Island, Gujarat |
Highest Gateway | Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri (53.6 mtr high) |
Largest Public Sector Bank | State Bank of India |
Largest District ((terms of total area)) | Kachchh (Gujarat) |
Fastest Train | Gatimaan Express (New Delhi-Agra),160km/hr, (Telgo proposed: 180km/hr) |
State with longest coastline | Gujarat |
State with longest coastline of South India | Andhra Pradesh |
Longest Electric Railway Line | From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna |
Longest Railway Route | Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari: Vivek Exp. 4286 km; 82:30 hrs |
Longest Platform | Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), length 1.34 km. It is the world’s longest railway station |
Longest Tunnel | Pir Panjal Tunnel (J & K) |
Longest Highway | NH-7 which runs from Varanasi to Kanyakumari |
Smallest State (Population) | Sikkim |
Smallest State (Area) | Goa |
Largest State (Population) | Uttar Pradesh |
Most Dense Populated State | Bihar (1102 persons/KM2) |
Largest Cave Temple | Kailash Temple, Ellora (Maharastra) |
Largest Cave | Amarnath (J&K) |
Largest Animal Fair | Sonepur (Bihar) |
Largest Auditorium | Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai) |
Largest Port | Mumbai |
Biggest Hotel | Oberai-Sheraton, Mumbai |
Largest Gurudwara | Golden Temple, Amritsar |
Deepest River Valley | Bhagirathi & Alaknanda river valley |
Oldest Church | St.Thomas Church at Palayar, Trichur |
Largest Church | Saint Cathedral (Goa) |
Largest Planetarium | Birla Planetarium (Kolkata) |
Highest Battle Field | Siachin Glacier |
Highest Airport | Leh (Laddakh) |
Biggest Stadium | Sardar Patel Stadium/Motera Stadium, Ahmedabad, 1,10,000 Seating Capacity |
Largest River Island | Majuli (Brahmaputra River, Assam) |
Longest Beach | Marina Beach, Chennai |
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