Sunday, October 25, 2015

Superlatives in India

 "Largest/Longest/Highest in India"


The Longest River Bridge
Mahatma Gandhi Setu Patna (5.575 km.)
The Largest Lake
Wular Lake (J & K)
The Largest Dam
Bhakra Dam, on Sutlej river (Punjab)
The Largest Desert
Thar (Rajasthan)
The Largest cave temple
Kailash Temple ( Ellora, Maharastra)
The Largest mosque
Jama Masjid (Delhi
The Longest tunnel
Jawahar Tunnel, Banihal Pass (J & K)
The Largest Delta
Sunderbans (W. Bengar)
The State with maximum forest area
Madhya Pradesh
The Longest Corridor
Corridor of Ramnathswami Temple at Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu)
The highest Waterfall
Jog or Garsoppa (Karnataka)
The Longest Road
Grand Trunk Road (Kolkata to Delhi)
The highest Gate way
Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri( U.P.)
The Longest River
The Ganga (2640 km. long)
The Largest Museum
Indian Museum, Kolkata
The largest Dome
Gol Gumbuz, Bijapur (in Karantaka)
The tallest Statue
Gomateswara (Karnataka)
The largest Public Sector Bank
State Bank of India
The biggest canti lever Bridge
Rabindra Setu or Howrah Bridge (Kolkata)
The Longest Canal
Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal (Rajasthan)
The Longest Railway Platform
Gorakhpur (U.P.)
The biggest Stadium
Yuva Bharti (Salt Lake) Stadium Kolkata
The most populous City
Mumbai (Maharashtra)
The largest Sea Bridge
Anna Indira Gandhi Bridge (Tamil Nadu)
The longest Passenger Train Route
Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari
The Oldest Church
St. Thomas Church at Palayar, Trichur (Kerala)
The Longest National Highway
NH-7 (Varanasi to Kanyakumari)
The State with Longest Coast Line
Gujarat
The highest Lake
Devtal Lake, Gadhwal (Uttarakhand)
The largest Saline Water Lake
Chilka Lake (Orissa)
The Largest Fresh Water Lake
Kolleru Lake (Andhra Pradesh)
Largest Cave
Amarnath (J & K)
The Longest River of Southern India
Godawari
The Longest Dam
Hirakud Dam (Orissa)
The highest Gallantry Award
Param Vir Chakra
The highest Award
Bharat Ratna
The largest Gurudwara
Golden Temple, Amritsar
The longest Sea Beach
Marina Beach (Chennai)
The Highest Road
Road at Khardungla, (in Leh-Manali Sector)
The Largest Artificial Lake
Govind Sagar ( Bhakhra Nangal)
The Highest Batttle field and
the Longest Glacier
Siachen Glacier
The Biggest River Island
Majuli Bramhaputra river, (Assam)
The Largest Planetarium
Birla Planetorium (Kolkata)
The Highest Airports
Leh Airport (Ladakh)


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