Longest river | Ganges (2525 km) |
Longest Road bridge | Mahatma Gandhi Setu (Patna) |
Highest mountain peak | Godwin Austin (k2) |
Largest lake (Fresh water) | Wular lake (Kashmir) |
Highest Dam | Tehri Dam on Bhagirathi River |
Largest Mosque | Jama Masjid, Delhi |
Longest Road | Grand Trunk Road |
State with longest coastline | Gujarat (1200 k.m ) |
Largest railway route | Dibrugarh in Assam to Kannyakumari in Tamil Nadu |
Longest tunnel | Jawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir) |
Longest national highway | NH-7 which runs from Varanasi to Kanyakumari |
Longest Dam | Hirakod Dam (Orissa) |
Longest River Bride | Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna |
Longest populated city | Mumbai (1.60 crore) |
Largest Museum | National Museum, Kolkata |
Largest Delta | Sunderban Delta, W. Bengal |
Largest Dome | Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur (Karnataka) |
Largest Zoo | Zoological Gardens, Alipur, Kolkata |
Largest man-made Lake | Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam) |
Largest Desert | Thar (Rajasthan) |
Highest Tower | Pitampura Tower, Delhi |
Smallest State (Area) | Goa |
Smallest State (Population) | Sikkim |
Highest Waterfall | Gersoppa waterfall (Karnataka) |
Longest Electric railway line | From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna |
Densest populated State | West Bengal |
Largest cave temple | Kailash temple, Ellora (Maharashtra) |
Largest animal Fair | Sonepur (Bihar) |
Highest Gateway | Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri (Agra) |
Biggest Hotel | Oberal –Sharaton (Mumbai) |
Largest State (Area) | Rajasthan |
Largest State (Population) | Uttar Pradesh |
Place of heaviest rainfall | Mausinram (Meghalaya) |
Largest corridor | Rameshwaram temple corridor (Tamil Nadu) |
Largest cantilever span bride | Howrah Bridge (Kolkata) |
Largest forest state | M.P. |
Highest straight gravity Dam | Bhakra Dam |
Longest Railway Platform | Kharagpur (W. Bengal) |
Largest Stadium | Salt lake (Yuva Bharti), Kolkata |
Largest Port | Mumbai |
Highest Lake | Devatal (Garhwal) |
Largest Lake (Saline water) | Chika lake, Orissa |
Highest civil Award | Bharat Ratna |
Highest Gallantry Award | Paramveer Chakra |
Largest Gurudwara | Golden Temple, Amritsar |
Deepest river valley | Bhagirathi & Alaknanda |
State with longest coastline of South India | Andhra Pradesh |
Longest river which forms estuary | Narmada |
Largest Church | Saint Cathedral (Goa) |
Longest Beach | Marina Beach, Chennai |
Highest Battle field | Siachin Glacier |
Highest Airport | Len (Laddakh) |
Largest river island | Majuli (Brahmaputra river, Assam) |
Largest Planetarium | Birla Planetarium (Kolkata) |
Animal, Tallest | Giraffe |
Archipelago, Largest | Indonesia |
Bird, Fastest | Swift |
Bird, Largest | Ostrich |
Bird, Smallest | Humming Bird |
Canal, Longest Irrigational | The Kalakumsky Canal |
Capital, Highest | La Paz (Boliva) |
Delta, Largest | Sunderban (Bangladesh & India) |
Diamond, Largest | The Cullinan |
Epic, Largest | Mahabharat |
Irrigation Scheme, Largest | Lloyd Barrage, Sukkur (Pakistan) |
Sea, Largest | Mediterranean sea |
Lake, Highest | Titicaca (Bolivia) |
Place, Coldest (Habitated) | Verkhoyank (Siberia) |
Place, Rainiest | Mausinram (Meghalaya, India) |
Planet, Biggest | Jupiter |
Planet, Brightest | Venus |
Planet, Smallest | Mercury |
Plateau, Highest | Pamir (Tibet) |
Platform, Longest | Kharagpur (India) |
Railway, Longest | Trans-Siberian railway |
Tallest statue | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Gujarat)will stand at 597ft. |
Tallest minar in India | Qutub Minar |
Second longest river in India | Godavari (1465) |
Longest canal in India | Indira Gandhi Canal (650 km) |
highest water falls in India | Jog water falls (253 meters (829 ft). |
Longest railway tunnel in India | Pir Panjal 11-km |
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