Biggest, Deepest, Highest, Longest, Largest, Smallest, Tallest in INDIA

INDIA’s SUPERLATIVES

(Biggest, Deepest, Highest, Longest, Largest, Smallest, Tallest)

1.      Deepest River valley               -           Bhagirathi & Alaknanda

2.      Densest populated State         -           West Bengal

3.      Highest Airport                       -           Len (Laddakh)

4.      Highest Award                       -           Bharat Ratna

5.      Highest Dam                           -           Bhakra Dam (Punjab)

6.      Highest Gallantry Award        -           Paramveer Chakra

7.      Highest Gateway                    -           Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri (Agra)

8.      Highest Lake                          -           Devatal (Garhwal)

9.      Highest straight gravity Dam   -           Bhakra Dam

10.  Highest Tower                        -           Pitampura Tower, Delhi

11.  Highest Waterfall                    -           Gersoppa waterfall (Karnataka)

12.  Largest Animal Fair                -           Sonepur (Bihar)

13.  Largest cantilever span bridge-           Howrah Bridge (Kolkata)

14.  Largest Cave Temple              -           Kailash temple, Ellora (Maharashtra)

15.  Largest Church                       -           Saint Cathedral (Goa)

16.  Largest Corridor                     -           Rameshwaram temple corridor (Tamil Nadu)

17.  Largest Delta                          -           Sunder ban (Bangladesh & India)

18.  Largest Desert (India)             -           Thar (Rajasthan)

19.  Largest Dome                         -           Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur (Karnataka, India)

20.  Largest Epic                            -           Mahabharata

21.  Largest Forest State                -           Madhya Pradesh

22.  Largest Gurudwara                 -           Golden Temple, Amritsar

23.  Largest Lake (Fresh water)     -           Wular Lake (Kashmir)

24.  Largest Lake (man-made)       -           Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)

25.  Largest Lake (Saline water)    -           Chika Lake, Orissa

26.  Largest Mosque                      -           Jama Masjid, Delhi

27.  Largest Museum                     -           National Museum, Kolkata

28.  Largest Planetarium                -           Birla Planetarium (Kolkata)

29.  Largest Port                            -           Mumbai

30.  Largest Railway route             -           From Jammu to Kanyakumari (From Dibrugarh to Kanya Kumari (Nov 18, 2011)

31.  Largest River Island               -           Majuli (Brahmaputra River, Assam)

32.  Largest Stadium                      -           Salt Lake (Yuva Bhaeti), Kolkata

33.  Largest State (Area)                -           Rajasthan

34.  Largest State (Population)      -           Uttar Pradesh

35.  Largest Zoo                            -           Zoological Gardens, Alipur, Kolkata

36.  Longest Beach                        -           Marina Beach, Chennai

37.  Longest Coastline State          -           Gujarat (1600 km)

38.  Longest Dam                          -           Hirakud Dam (Orissa)

39.  Longest Electric railway line   -           From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna

40.  Longest National highway      -           NH-7which runs from Varanasi to Kanyakumari

41.  Longest Populated City          -           Mumbai (1.60 crore)

42.  Longest Railway Platform      -           Kharagpur, WB (India)

43.  Longest River Bridge             -           Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna

44.  Longest River forms estuary   -           Narmada

45.  Longest River of the South    -           Godavari

46.  Longest River                         -           Ganges (India)

47.  Longest Tributary River          -           Yamuna (India)

48.  Longest Tunnel                       -           Jawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir)

49.  Rainiest Place                          -           Mausinram (Meghalaya, India)

50.  Smallest State (Area)              -           Goa

51.  Smallest State (Population)     -           Sikkim