Largest in India

1. Highest award___Bharat Ratna.
2. Highest Gallantary award___ Param vir
chakra.
3. Longest river in India___ the Ganges.
4. Longest tributary river in India___
Yamuna.
5. Largest lake___ Wular lake Kashmir.
6. Largest lake( saline water)___ Chilka
lake
Odissa.
7. Largest man made lake-__Goovind
Vallabh Pant sagar ( Rihand dam)
8. Largest fresh water lake___ Kolleru lake
Andhra Pradesh.
9. Highest lake___ Devtal lake Gadhwal
Uttarakhand.
10. Highest peak___ Karakoram-2 K2(8,611
meters).
11. Largest populated city___ Mumbai.
12. Largest state (area) ___Rajasthan.
13. Largest state(Population) Uttar
Pradesh.
14. Highest rainfall___ Cherapunji( 426
inches).
15. Highest waterfall___Nohkalikai falls
335 meters 1100 ft high in Shora.
16.State wise largest area under forest
___ Madhya Pradesh.
17. Largest delta__ Sundarban delta.
18. Largest river without delta___
Narmada and Tapti.
19. Largest cantilever span bridge__
Howrah bridge.
20. Longest river bridge___ Mahatma
Gandhi setu Patna.
21. Biggest cave temple___ Ellora.
22. Longest road ___ Grand trunk road.
23. Highest road___ Road at Khardungla
in Leh Manali sector.
24. Biggest mosque___ Jama masjid at
Delhi.
24. Highest gateway___ Buland Darwaza
at
Fatehpur Sikri 53.6 meters high.
26. Tallest statue ____ Statue of
Gomateshwara 17
meters high in Karnataka.
27. Largest public sector bank ____ State
bank of India.
28. Longest canal ___ Indira Gandhi canal
or
Rajasthan canal.
28. Largest Dome ___ Golgumbaz at
Bijapur.
29. Largest Zoo ___ Zoological garden at
Alipur Kolkata.
30. Largest museum___ India museum at
Kolkata.
31. Longest Dam ___ Hirakund dam
Odissa.
32. Highest dam___ Tehri dam 260 meters
850 ft.
33. Highest tower ___ Qutub Minar at
Delhi 88.4 meters high.
34. Largest desert ___ Thar desert
Rajasthan.
35. Largest district ___ Kutch .
36. Fastest train___ Shatabdi express
running between New Delhi and Bhopal.
37. State with longest coastline___Guj
arat .
38. State with longest coastline of South
India ___ Andhra Pradesh.
39. Longest electric railway line ____ From
Delhi to Kolkata via Patna.
40. Longest railway route___ From Assam
to
Kanyakumari.