Important Superlatives of India

✴Important Superlatives of India

●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 –Leh (Ladakh)

●Fastest Train - vande bharat express

●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 – From Assam(guwahati) to Kanyakumari

●Longest Railway Platform – Gorakhpur (Uttarpradesh) ●Highest Railway Station – Ghum (W. Bengal)

●Longest Tunnel – Jawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir) ●Longest Highway – NH-44 (NH-7) which turns from Varanasi to Kanyakumari ●Smallest State (Population) – Sikkim

●Smallest State (Area) – Goa ●Largest State (Area) – Rajasthan

●Largest State (Population) – Uttar Pradesh

●Densest Populated State – West Bengal

●Largest Cave – Amarnath (J&K)

●Largest Cave Temple – Kailash Temple, Ellora (Maharastra)

●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)

●Biggest Stadium – Yuva Bharti (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata ●Largest River Island – Majuli (Brahmaputra River, Asom) ●Largest Planetarium – Birla Planetarium (Kolkata) ●Sambhar lake – Largest inland salt lake

●Highest Award in India – Bharat Ratna

●Highest Gallantry Award – Param Vir Chakra

●Longest River in India – The Ganges

●Longest Tributary river of India – Yamuna

●Largest Lake – Wular Lake, Kashmir

●Largest Lake (Saline Water) – Chilka Lake, Orrisa

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

●Highest Lake – Cholamu Lake, Sikkim

●Longest Lake ― vembanad Lake (Kerala)

●Highest Peak – Karkoram-2 of K-2(8,611 meters)

●Highest Peak in the world – Mount Everest in Nepal ●Largest Populated City – Mumbai

●Largest union territory(Area) – Ladakh

●Largest union territory(Population) –Delhi

●Highest Rainfall – Cherrapunji (426 inches per annum) ●Highest Waterfall – Kunchikal Falls (455 meters high) in karnataka

●State wise largest area under forest – Madhya Pradesh ●Largest Delta – Sunderbans Delta

●Largest River without Delta – Narmada and Tapti

●Longest Cantilever Span bridge – Howrah Bridge ●Longest River Bridge – Bhupen Hajarika Setu, Lohit River, Assam(9150 meter)

●Biggest Cave temple – Ellora ●Longest Road – Grand Trunk Road

●Highest Road – Road at 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 of unity of vallabhbhai patel (182m high In Gujarat)

●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)