Biggest, Highest and Largest in India

Highest Award - Bharat Ratna

Highest Gallantry Award - Param Vir Chakra

Longest River in India - The Ganges

Longest Tributary river of India- Yamuna

Largest Fresh water Lake- Wular Lake, Kashmir

Largest Lake (Saline Water) - Chilka Lake, Orrisa

Largest Man-Made Lake Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)

Largest Fresh Water Lake - Kolleru Lake (Andhra Pradesh)

Highest Lake- Devtal Lake, Gadhwal (Uttarakhand)

Highest Peak - Karkoram-2 of K-2(8,611 meters) (POK)
Highest Peak in the world - Mount Everest (Nepal)

Largest Populated City- Mumbai

Largest State(Area)- Rajasthan

Largest State(Population) -Uttar Pradesh

Highest rainfall -Cherrapunji (426 inches per annum) Meghalaya

Highest Watefall-  Nohkalikai Falls (335 meters, 1100 ft high) in Shora

State wise largest area under forest- Madhya Pradesh

Largest Delta - Sunderbans Delta (Bengal)

Largest River without Delta-  Narmada and Tapti (western Coast)

Longest Cantilever Span bridge- Howrah Bridge (Kolkata)

Longest River Bridge- Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna Bihar

Biggest Cave temple- Ellora

Longest Road - Grand Trunk Road, Amritsat to Kolkata

Highest Road - Khardungla,(in Leh-Manali Sector)

Biggest Mosque - Jama Masjid at Delhi

Highest Gateway-  Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri (53.6 meters high)

Tallest Statue Statue - Gomateshwar (17 meters high In Karnataka

Largest Public Sector Bank - State Bank of India

Longest Canal - Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal (Rajasthan)

Largest Dome - Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur

Largest Zoo - Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata)

Largest Museum - India Museum at Kolkata

Longest Dam - Hirakud Dam (Orrisa)

Highest Dam-  Tehri Dam ( 260 meters , 850 ft )

Highest Tower-  Kutab Minar at Delhi (88.4 meters high)

Largest Desert - Thar (Rajasthan)

Largest District - Kutch district

Fastest Train - Shatabadi Express
running between New Delhi and Bhopal

State with longest coastline - Gujarat

State with longest coastline of South India-  Andhra Pradesh

Longest Electric Railway Line-  Delhi to Kolkata via Patna

Longest Railway Route - Assam to Kanyakumari

Longest Railway Platform-  Kharagpur (West Bengal)

Highest Railway Station - Ghum (W. Bengal)

Longest Tunnel - Jawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir)

Longest Highway - NH-7  Varanasi to Kanyakumari

Smallest State (Population)- Sikkim

Smallest State (Area) - Goa

Densest Populated State - West Bengal

Largest Cave - Amarnath (J&K)

Largest Animal Fair-  Sonepur (Bihar)

Largest Auditorium - Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)

Biggest Hotel-  Oberai-Sheraton (Mumbai)

Largest Port - Mumbai

Largest Gurudwara-  Golden Temple, Amritsar

Deepest River Valley - Bhagirathi & Alaknanda

Largest Church - Saint Cathedral (Goa)

Oldest Church- St. Thomas Church at Palayar, Trichur (Kerala)

Longest Beach - Marina Beach, Chennai

Highest Battle Field - Siachin Glacier

Highest Airport - Leh (Laddakh) J&K

Biggest Stadium - Yuva Bharti (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata

Largest River Island - Majuli (Brahmaputra River, Asom)

Largest Planetarium - Birla Planetarium (Kolkata)

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