LARGEST, SMALLEST, HIGHEST AND LONGEST IN INDIA

Biggest Hotel                       Oberai-Sheraton on the Shore of the Arabian Sea in South Bombay.

Highest Mountain                Peak K2(8,611 meters)

Largest Populated City         Mumbai

Longest River (Flow in India)  Ganga (2510 Kilometers)

Highest Waterfall               Gersoppa Waterfall, Karnataka, (830 feet)

Largest Lake                        Wular Lake, Kashmir

Longest Electric Railway Line  Kolkata to Delhi

Longest State (area)                  Rajasthan (4,43,446 sq. kilometers)

Largest State (population)              Uttar Pradesh (166,17, 921)-2001 census

Longest River Bridge              Mahatama Gandhi Setu, Patna (5.75

Highest Gateway             Buland Darwaja 54 meters (Fatehpur sikari, Agra)

Wettest place or heaviest rainfall  Masinram (Meghalaya)

Tallest Statue            Statue of    Gomateshwar, Karnataka (47 meters high)

Largest Tunnel                   Jawahar Tunnel (J & K State), 11⁄2 kilometer., Banihal Pass)

Largest Museum            Indian Museum, Kolkata

Densest population              West Bengal (904 persons per sq. kilometers)

Largest Zoo              Zoological Gardens, Alipur, Kolkata

Largest Forest State         Asom

Largest Road                   Grand Trunk Road (2,400 kilometers)

Largest Delta                Sunderban Delta (12,872 sq. kilometers)

Largest Cave Temple                  Ellora (Kailash Temples, Maharashtra)

Largest Cantilever Span Bridge       Howrah Bridge (Kolkata)

Highest Tower                              Qutub Minar, Delhi

Largest Mosque                         Jama Masjid, Delhi

Highest Straight Gravity Dam     Bhakra Dam


Smallest State (area)                   Goa

Smallest State (population)                  Sikkim

Largest Desert                    Thar (Rajasthan)

Largest man-made lake                  Govind Sagar (Bhakra)

Largest Corridor                 Rameshwaram Temple Corridor

Largest Animal Fair               Sonepur Fair, Bihar