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 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 Lake Devatal (Gharhwal) Highest Peak Karkoram-2 of K-2(8,611 meters) Highest Peak in the world is Mount Everest which is in Nepal Largest Populated City Mumbai Largest State(Area) Rajasthan Largest State(Population) Uttar Pradesh Highest rainfall Cherrapunhi (426 inches per annum) Highest Watefall Nohkalikai Falls (335 meters, 1100 ft high) in Shora 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 Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna 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 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 From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna Longest Railway Route From Assam to Kanyakumari Longest Railway Platform Kharagpur (W. Bengal) Highest Railway Station Ghum (W. Bengal) Longest Platform Kharagpur (West Bengal) 833 meters in Length. It is also the longest railway station in world 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 River Ganga (2640 km long) 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
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