Monday, November 23, 2009

INDIA'S EXTREMES

INDIA'S EXTREMES
Largest Lake Wular Lake (Kashmir)
Longes"t Glacier Siachen Glacier (75.6 km long and 2.8 wide)
Longest River Bridge Mahatma Gandhi Setu over R Ganga in Patna (5,575 m/18286 ft in length)
Highest Airport Leh Airport, Ladakh (3256 m/1608 high)
Largest Public Sector Bank State Bank of India
Longest Canal Indira Gandhi Canal (959 km long)
Largest Auditorium Sri Shanmukhananda Hall, Muml
Largest Cave Amarnath (44 km from Pahalgam, Jam and Kashmir)
Largest Church' Se . Cathederal, Goa
Oldest Church St Thomas Church, Thrissur, Kerala built in 52 AD
Largest Gurudwara Golden Temple, Amritsar, Punjab
Highest Gateway Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri, Agra (53.5 m/ 175 ft high)
Most Populous City Mumbai
Largest Cave Temple Ellora, Maharashtra
Highest Dam Bhakra Nangal Dam on River Sutiej, Punjab (226m/ 738 it high and 518 m/1699 it long)
Longest Dam Hirakud Dam on River Mahanadi, Orissa (24.4 km long)
Largest Fresh Water Lake Kolleru, Andhra Pradesh
Largest Library National Library, Kolkata
Highest Mountain Peak Kanchenjunga
Fastest Train Shatabdi Express between New Delhi and Bhopal at a speed of 140 kmph
Largest Tribe Gond
Longest River Ganga (2460 km long)
Longest Road Grand Trunk Road from Kolkata to Delhi
Most Populated State Uttar Pradesh
Smallest State in Area Goa
Largest State in Area Rajasthan
Least Populated State Sikkim
Most Densely Populated State West Bengal
Least Densely Populated State Arunachal Pradesh
Most Literate State Kerala
Most Women State Kerala
Largest Stupa Great Stupa of Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh
Highest Waterfall Jog Wateraiall, Karnataka
Largest Union Territory in Area Andaman and Nicobar Islands (8,249 sq km)
Smallest Union Territory in Area Lakshadweep (32 sq km)
Most Populated Union Territory Delhi (1,37,82,976)
Least Populated Union TerritoryLakshadweep (60,595)
Longest Corridor Corridor in Ramanathaswamy Temple at Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu (1220m/ 4002 ft long)

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