Highest, Biggest, Largest & Longest In India

• Award for Gallantry, Highest — Param Vir Chakra
• Award, highest civilian — Bharat Ratna
• Bank with largest number of branches — State Bank of India
• Road bridge, Longest — Mahatma Gandhi Setu (across Ganga—Patna 5.575 Km.)
• Cantilever Span Bridge, Largest — Howrah Bridge (Kolkata)
• Cattle Fair, Largest — Sonepur Fair (Bihar)
• City, Most Populous — Mumbai
• Corridor, Longest — Ramanathaswamy Corridor, Tamil Nadu (1,220 mt.)
• Desert, Largest — Thar (Rajasthan)
• Dam, Longest — Hirakud Dam (Orissa)
• Dam, Highest — Bhakra Dam on river Sutlej (740 ft.)
• Delta, Largest — Sunderban (12,872 Sq. km.)
• Dome, Largest — Gol Gumbaz (Bijapur)
• Gateway, Highest — Buland Darwaja at Fatehpur Sikri (54 m.)
• Lake, Largest — Wular Lake (Kashmir)
• Literacy, Highest — Kerala


• Museum, Largest — Indian Museum (Kolkata)
• Mosque, Biggest — Jama Masjid (Delhi)
• Peak, Highest — K-2 (8,611 mt.)
• Railway Platform, Longest — Kharagpur, SE Railway (2,733 ft.)
• Railway Bridge, Largest — Nehru Setu, Bihar (river Sone)
• River, Longest — The Ganga river (2,525 km.)
• Rainfall, Highest (annual mean) — Mowsyrnam near Cherrapunji (1,080 mm) (Meghalaya)
• Road, Longest — Grand Trunk Road
• Rock-cut Temple, Largest — KailashTemples, Ellora (Maharashtra)
• State, maximum forest cover — Mizoram (cover 75.5% area)
• Statue Tallest — Statue of Risabhnath (Khargone, M.P.) 84 ft.
• State, Largest (area) — Rajasthan (3,42,239 sq. km.)
• State, Most Populous — Uttar Pradesh (16,61,97,921)
• State with Maximum — West Bengal (903 persons per sq. km.) density of population
• Tunnel, Longest (Road) — Jawahar Tunnel (J & K—1.75 miles)
• Tunnel, Longest (Railway) — Between Monkey Hill and Khandala stations (2,100 mt. long)
• Tower, Highest — Qutub Minar (Delhi, 72.5 mt.)
• Waterfall, Highest — Gersoppa Waterfall, Mysore (290 m.)
• Zoo, Largest — Zoologica Gardens, Kolkata
• Man-made Lake, Largest — Govind Sagar (Bhakra)
• Longest Run-way — Indira Gandhi International Airport (New Delhi)
• Longest Sea Bridge — Rajiv Gandhi Sea Bridge (Worli-Bandra Sea-Link), Mumbai
• Longest Flyover — PVR-6 Express Way, Hyderabad