Facts About India - Highest, Longest.....

Longest riverGanges
The longest tributary river of IndiaYamuna
The longest river of the southGodavari
Highest mountain peakGodwin Austin (k2)
Largest lake (Fresh water)Wular lake (Kashmir)
Highest DamBhakra Dam (Punjab)
Largest MosqueJama Masjid, Delhi
Longest RoadGrand Trunk Road
State with longest coastlineGujarat
Largest railway routeFrom Jammu to Kanya Kumari
Longest tunnelJawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir)
Longest national highwayNH-7which runs from Varanasi to Kanyakumari
Longest DamHirakod Dam (Orissa)
Longest River BrideMahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna
Longest populated cityMumbai (1.60 crore)
Largest MuseumNational Museum, Kolkata
Largest DeltaSunderban Delta, W. Bengal
Largest DomeGol Gumbaz, Bijapur (Karnataka)
Largest ZooZoological Gardens, Alipur, Kolkata
Largest man-made LakeGovind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)
Largest DesertThar (Rajasthan)
Highest TowerPitampura Tower, Delhi
Smallest State (Area)Goa
Smallest State (Population)Sikkim
Highest WaterfallGersoppa waterfall (Karnataka)
Longest Electric railway lineFrom Delhi to Kolkata via Patna
Densest populated StateWest Bengal
Largest cave templeKailash temple, Ellora (Maharashtra)
Largest animal FairSonepur (Bihar)
Highest GatewayBuland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri (Agra)
Biggest HotelOberal –Sharaton (Mumbai)
Largest State (Area)Rajasthan
Largest State (Population)Uttar Pradesh
Place of heaviest rainfallMausinram (Meghalaya)
Largest corridorRameshwaram temple corridor (Tamil Nadu)
Largest cantilever span brideHowrah Bridge (Kolkata)
Largest forest stateM.P.
Highest straight gravity DamBhakra Dam
Longest Railway PlatformKharagpur (W. Bengal)
Largest StadiumSalt lake (Yuva Bhaeti), Kolkata
Largest PortMumbai
Highest LakeDevatal (Garhwal)
Largest Lake (Saline water)Chika lake, Orissa
Highest AwardBharat Ratna
Highest Gallantry AwardParamveer Chakra
Largest GurudwaraGolden Temple, Amritsar
Deepest river valleyBhagirathi & Alaknanda
State with longest coastline of South IndiaAndhra Pradesh
Longest river which forms estuaryNarmada
Largest ChurchSaint Cathedral (Goa)
Longest BeachMarina Beach, Chennai
Highest Battle fieldSiachin Glacier
Highest  AirportLen (Laddakh)
Largest river islandMajuli (Brahmaputra river, Assam)
Largest PlanetariumBirla Planetarium (Kolkata)

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