Tuesday, November 10, 2009

INDIA - SUPERLATIVES

1. HIGHEST AIRFIELD : Daulatbeg oldhi in ladakh
2. HIGHEST AIRPORT: Leh airport in ladakh
3. BUSIEST AIRPORT: Mumbai airport
4. LARGEST AUDITORIUM: Sri shanmukanandha hall in mumbai
5. HIGHEST AWARD: Bharata ratna
6. HIGHEST AWARD 4 GALLANTRY: Param vir chakra
7. LARGEST PUBLIC SECTOR BANK: SBI
8. BANK WID MOST FOREIGN BRANCHES: SBI
9. LARGEST BARRAGE: Farakka on ganges
10. HIGHEST BATTLEGROUND: Siachen glacier
11. LONGEST BEACH: Marina at chennai
12. OLDEST BOTANICAL GARDEN: Farahat baksh at sahrampur up
13. LARGEST BOTANICAL GARDEN: National botanical gardens kolkatta
14. LONGEST RIVER BRIDGE: Mahatma gandhi setu over ganges at patna
15. HIGHEST MOTORABLE ROAD BRIDGE: Khardungla in ladakh
16. BUSIEST BRIDGE: Howrah bridge in kolkatta
17. WIDEST BRIDGE: Bridge across yamuna river in delhi
18. LONGEST SEA BRIDGE: Anna indira gandhi bridge connecting island of rameswaram wid mandapam
19. BIGGEST CANTILEVER BRIDGE: Rabindra setu/Howrah bridge
20. LONGEST CABLE STAYED BRIDGE: Vidyasagar setu in kolkatta
21. LARGEST RESIDENTIAL BUILDING: Rastrapathi bhavan new delhi
22.OLDEST BUILDING: Stupa at piprachiva in bihar
23. LONGEST CANAL: Indira gandhi canal/Rajasthan canal(959km long)
24. LARGEST CAVE: Amarnath in j&k
25. LARGEST CAVE TEMPLE: Ellora in maharatra
26. TALLEST CHIMNEY: Talcher in orissa
27. OLDEST CHURCH: ST. Thomas church at palayar in trichur district in kerela built in 52 A.D.
28. LARGEST CHURCH: ST. Cathedral goa
29. LARGEST THEATRE: Thangam in chennai
30. MOST POPULOUS CITY: Mumbai
31. LONGEST CORRIDOR: Corridor in ramnathaswamy temple at rameswaram tamil nadu
32. LARGEST CRATER: Lonar meteorite crater in vidharbha region of maharatra
33. OLDEST DAM: Kallani dam on kaveri river
34. HIGHEST DAM: Bhakra dam on sutlej river in punjab
35. LONGEST DAM: Hirakud dam on mahanadiriver in orissa
36. LARGEST CONCRETE DAM: Nagarjunasagar dam AP
37. LARGEST DELTA: Sunderbans west bengal
38. LARGEST DESERT: Thar in rajasthan
39. LARGEST DOME: Gol gumbuz in karnataka
40. HIGHEST POLLING BOOTH: Hikkim in HP
41. LARGEST XHIBITION GROUND: Pragati maidan complex new delhi
42. OLDEST FORT: Kallinjar fort mp
43. HIGHEST GATEWAY: Buland darwaza at fathepursikri near agra built by akbar
44. LONGEST GLACIER: Siachen on indo-pak border
45. LARGEST HOSPITAL: B.J. Medical hospital ahmedabad
46. LARGEST CARDIAC HOSPITAL: Escorts new delhi
47. HIGHEST HYDEL POWER STATION: Rongtong in HP
48. LARGEST LAKE: Wular lake kashmir
49. LARGEST FRESHWATER LAKE: Kolleru in AP
50. LARGEST LIBRARY: National library kolkatta
51. HIGHEST MONASTERY: Key monastery HP
52.OLDEST MONASTERY: Buddist in tawang arunachal pradesh
53. LARGEST MOSQUE: Jama masjid delhi
54. HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PEAK: Kanchenjunga
55. LARGEST MUSEUM: Indian museum kolkatta
56. OLDEST OBSERVATORY: Jantar mantar new delhi
57. LARGEST PLANETARIUM: Birla in kolkatta
58. LARGEST PLATEAU: Deccan
59. LARGEST POST OFFICE: Bombay G.P.O
60. POST OFFICE AT HIGHEST ALTITUDE: Hikkim
61. LARGEST PRISON: Tihar
62. RADIO STATION AT HIGHEST ALTITUDE: Leh at ladakh
63. LONGEST RAILWAY BRIDGE: Dehrionan at kolkatta- delhi main line
64. LONGEST PASSENGER TRAIN ROUTE: Jammutawi - kanyakumari
65. FASTEST TRAIN: Shatabdhi xpress b/w delhi & bhopal speed: 140kmph
66. LONGEST RAILWAY PLATFORM: Kharaghpur in west bengal
67. HEAVIEST RAINFALL: Mawsynram(Meghalaya)
68. OLDEST REFINERY: Digboi
69. LARGEST REFINERY: 10C at koyah(Gujarat)
70. LARGEST TRIBE: Gond in MP & Maharastra
71. MOST WOMEN CUM LITERATE STATE: Kerala
72. LEAST POPULATED CUM MOST LITERATE UNION TERITORY: Lakshadweep
73.MOST POPULATED CUM LARGE SCS CASTES STATE: UP
74.LARGE CONCENTRATED SCS UNION TERRITORY: Pondicherry
75. SMALL CONC. SCS STATE: Mizoram
76. LONGEST RIVER: Ganges
77. SMALLEAT CONC. OF STS CUM SMALLEST STATE IN AREA: Goa
78. LARGE CONC. OF STS: MP
79. LARGEST STATE IN AREA: Rajasthan
80. LARGEST ST COMMUNITY: Chamar
81. SMALLEST ST COMMUNITY: Watal(j&k)
82. LONGEST ROAD: Grandtrunk road 4m kolkatta 2 delhi
83. OLDEST SCHOOL: ST.Marys church charity, chennai
84. LARGEST SCHOOL: Southpoint school kolkatta
85. LEAST POPULATED STATE: Sikkim
86.HIGHEST WATERFALL: Jog, karnataka
87. MOST DENSELY POPULATED STATE: Westbengal
88. LEAST DENSELY POPULATED STATE: Arunachalpradesh

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