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✴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)

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