India's Highest,Largest,Longest,Smallest and Tallest
| A | B |
|---|---|
| Airport | Busiest : Mumbai Airport Highest : Leh Airport,Ladakh(10,680 ft) |
| Animal Fair | Largest : Sonepur Mela(Patna,Bihar) |
| Auditorium | Largest : Sri Shanmukhananda Hall,Mumbai(3,012 seats) |
| Award | Highest : Bharat Ratna |
| Bank | Oldest : Allahabad Bank(Nationalised) |
| Barrage | Largest : Farakka Barrage,Kolkata ,Length: 7,363.6 ft |
| Beach | Longest : Marina Beach,Chennai streching 13 km |
| Bridge | Busiest : Howrah Bridge,Kolkata Highest : Chambal Bridge ,Madhya Pradesh Largest : Rabindra Setu(Howrah Bridge)6.4 km ,Kolkata Road Bridge Longest: Nehru Setu,Son River(10,044 ft) Highest : Motorable road Bridge : Khardungla,Ladakh at 18,380 ft. River Bridge Longest : Mahatma Gandhi Setu,Patna over the Ganga,5,575 metres. |
| highest railway Bridge | On chenab river between Katra and Laol(Jammu and Kashmir) |
| Building | Largest : Rastrapati Bhavan,New Delhi |
| Canal | Longest : Indira Gandhi Canal,Rajasthan |
| Cave Temple | Largest : Kailash Temple,Ellora(Maharastra) |
| City | Largest : Kolkata,West Bengal |
| Coal Field | Oldest : Raniganj,West Bengal |
| Corridor | Longest : Ramanatha Swamy temple,Rameswaram,Tamilnadu corridor 4,000 ft |
| Church | Biggest : Se Cathedral,Old Goa Oldest : Fort St Emmanuel,Cochin |
| Dam | Longest : Hirakud Dam,Orissa,24.4 km long Highest : Bhakra Nangal ,745 ft Oldest : Kamekan river dam |
| Delta | Largest : Sunderbans,West Bengal area: 4,262 sq km |
| Desert | Largest : Thar,Rajasthan,259,000 sq. km |
| District | Largest : Ladakh,J & K Smallest : Mahe(Pondichery) |
| Dockyard | Oldest : naval : Mumbai |
| Dome | Largest : Golgumbaj,Bijapur(Karnataka) |
| Gateway | Highest : Buland Darwaja,Fatepur Sikri,176 ft high |
| Highway | Longest : NH-7,2369 km long(Varanasi to Kanyakumari) Highest : Manali-Leh National Highway 16,000 ft |
| Hospital | Largest : BJ Medical College Hospital,Ahmedabad,Capacity 3000 bed. |
| Lake | Largest : Wular Lake,Kashmir Fresh water Lake largest : Kollero Lake,Andra Pradesh Man Made Largest : Govind Sagar at Bhakra Nangal Dam |
| Library | Largest : National Library,Kolkata |
| Literacy | Highest : Kerala Lowest : Arunachal Pradesh |
| Mosque | Largest : Jama Masjid,Delhi |
| Museum | Largest and Oldest : Indian Museum,Kolkata Estd.1814 |
| Mountain Peak | Highest : K2(Godwin Austen) ,8,611 metres |
| Mountain Range | Greatest : The Himalayas |
| Observatory | Oldest : Jantar Mantar,New Delhi Highest : Mount Saraswat Hanley,Ladakh(J&K)(also in the world) |
| Ocean | Largest : Middle Andaman, |
| Island | Andaman and Nicobar island |
| Place | Coldest : Dras,Jammu and Kashmir -45 degree C (maximum) Hottest : Briyawali,Bikaner Dist,Rajasthan 56 degree C (maximum) Wettest : Mawsynram Meghalaya |
| Planetarium | Largest and Oldest : Birla Planetarium,Kolkata Estd.1962 |
| Plateau | Largest : Deccan Plateau,1,000,000 sq. km. |
| Population | Most populated city : Kolkata MOst populous state : Uttar Pradesh Most Densely populated State : Bihar Least populous state : Sikkim |
| Railway Bridge | Longest : Idapalli to Vallarpadam in Kochi ,Kerala |
| Railway Platform | Longest : Kharagpur,West Bengal,length 833 metre |
| Refinery | Oldest : Digboi,Assam,Estd.1899 Largest : Gujrat refinery,Koyali |
| River | Largest : Ganga 2510 km |
| Road | Longest and Oldest : Grand Trunk Road,1,600 miles |
| School | Largest : South Point High School,Kolkata |
| State | Largest : Rajasthan Smallest : Goa Largest forest area state : Madhya Pradesh(1,31,8301 km) Low forest area state : Goa,only 1251 sq.km Most advanced in agriculture : Punjab Rich Minerals : Jharkhand Most densely populated state : West Bengal Most tribal population state : Chattisgarh Most literate state : Kerala Longest coast line state of India : Gujrat(1,600 km) Largest Union Territory : Andaman and Nicobar Islands Smallest Union Territory : Lakhsadweep Islands. |
| Stadium | Largest : Salt Lake Stadium,Kolkata(largest in Asia also) |
| Statue | Tallest : Gometeswara Statue,Sravanabelagola,and Karnataka 156 ft |
| Stupa Temple | Largest : Sanchi Madhya Pradesh Tallest : Sri Ranganathaswamy temple,Srirangam(Tamil Nadu)Hieght 236 ft |
| Theatre | Oldest : Gaiety Theatre,Shimla(Himachal Pradesh)Estd.1887 |
| Tower | Highest : Qutub Minar,Delhi 540 ft |
| Train | Fastest : Shatandi Express runs between New Delhi and Jhansi |
| Route | Longest : (Electric) Kolkata to Delhi |
| Tunnel | Longest : Jawahar Tunnel,J&K 8,115 ft long |
| University | Oldest : University of Kolkata.Estd.24 January 1857 |
| Volcano(active) | Barren Island,Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
| Waterfall | Highest : Kunchikal Falls,Karnataka 1493 ft |
| Zoo | Largest : Zoological Gardens,Alipur(Kalkata) Oldest : Trivandrum Zoological Gardens Kerala Estd.1859. |