Largest, Smallest, Highest and Longest in India | |
Biggest Hotel | Oberai-Sheraton on the Shore of the Arabian Sea in South Bombay. |
Highest Mountain Peak | K2(8,611 meters) |
Largest Populated City | Mumbai |
Longest River (Flow in India) | Ganga (2510 Kilometers) |
Highest Waterfall | Gersoppa Waterfall, Karnataka, (830 feet) |
Largest Lake | Wular Lake, Kashmir |
Longest Electric Railway Line | Kolkata to Delhi |
Longest State (area) | Rajasthan (4,43,446 sq. kilometers) |
Largest State (population) | Uttar Pradesh (166,17, 921)-2001 census |
Longest River Bridge | Mahatama Gandhi Setu, Patna (5.75 kilometer Long) |
Highest Gateway | Buland Darwaja 54 meters (Fatehpur sikari, Agra) |
Wettest place or heaviest rainfall | Masinram (Meghalaya) |
Tallest Statue | Statue of Gomateshwar, Karnataka (47 meters high) |
Largest Tunnel | Jawahar Tunnel (J & K State), 1½ kilometer., Banihal Pass) |
Largest Museum | Indian Museum, Kolkata |
Densest population | West Bengal (904 persons per sq. kilometers) |
Largest Zoo | Zoological Gardens, Alipur, Kolkata |
Largest Forest State | Asom |
Largest Road | Grand Trunk Road (2,400 kilometers) |
Largest Delta | Sunderban Delta (12,872 sq. kilometers) |
Largest Cave Temple | Ellora (Kailash Temples, Maharashtra) |
Largest Cantilever Span Bridge | Howrah Bridge (Kolkata) |
Highest Tower | Qutub Minar, Delhi |
Largest Mosque | Jama Masjid, Delhi |
Highest Straight Gravity Dam | Bhakra Dam |
Smallest State (area) | Goa |
Smallest State (population) | Sikkim |
Largest Desert | Thar (Rajasthan) |
Largest man-made lake | Govind Sagar (Bhakra) |
Largest Corridor | Rameshwaram Temple Corridor |
Largest Animal Fair | Sonepur Fair, Bihar |
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Sunday 17 July 2011
List of Largest, Smallest, Highest and Longest in INDIA
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