India is the most amazing country in the World. Be it any facts, geographical facts, biodiversity facts, historical, military strength, religious facts etc, India is incredible in every aspects. Here’s a collections of some incredible facts from around India.
Biggest Cave temple | Ellora |
Biggest Hotel | Oberai-Sheraton (Mumbai) |
Biggest functioning- Hindu Temple | “Ranganathaswamy Temple”, Srirangam. 631,000 square metres (6,790,000 sq ft) with a perimeter of 4 km (10,710 ft). Angkor Wat is bigger but non-functioning. |
Biggest Mosque | Jama Masjid at Delhi |
Biggest Stadium | Yuva Bharti (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata |
Deepest River Valley | Bhagirathi & Alaknanda |
Densest Populated State | West Bengal |
Fastest Train | Shatabadi Express running between New Delhi and Bhopal |
Highest Airport | Leh (Laddakh) |
Highest Award | Bharat Ratna |
Highest Battle Field | Siachin Glacier |
Highest Dam | Tehri Dam ( 260 meters , 850 ft ) |
Highest Gallantry Award | Param Vir Chakra |
Highest Gateway | Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri (53.6 meters high) |
Highest Lake | Devtal Lake, Gadhwal (Uttarakhand) |
Highest Peak | Karkoram-2 of K-2(8,611 meters) Highest Peak in the world is Mount Everest which is in Nepal |
Highest Railway Station | Ghum (West Bengal) |
Highest rainfall | Cherrapunhi (426 inches per annum) |
Highest Road | Road at Khardungla,(in Leh-Manali Sector) |
Highest Tower | Kutab Minar at Delhi (88.4 meters high) |
Highest Watefall | Nohkalikai Falls (335 meters, 1100 ft high) in Shora |
Largest Animal Fair | Sonepur (Bihar) |
Largest Auditorium | Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai) |
Largest Cave | Amarnath (J&K) |
Largest Cave Temple | Kailash Temple, Ellora (Maharastra) |
Largest Church | Saint Cathedral (Goa) |
Largest Delta | Sunderbans Delta |
Largest Desert | Thar (Rajasthan) |
Largest District | Kutch district |
Largest Dome | Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur |
Largest Fresh Water Lake | Kolleru Lake (Andhra Pradesh) |
Largest Gurudwara | Golden Temple, Amritsar |
Largest Lake | Wular Lake, Kashmir |
Largest Lake (Saline Water) | Chilka Lake, Orrisa |
Largest Man-Made Lake | Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam) |
Largest Museum | Indian Museum at Kolkata |
Largest Planetarium | Birla Planetarium (Kolkata) |
Largest Populated City | Mumbai |
Largest Port | Mumbai |
Largest Public Sector Bank | State Bank of India |
Largest River Island | Majuli (Brahmaputra River, Asom) |
Largest River without Delta | Narmada and Tapti |
Largest State (Area) | Rajasthan |
Largest State (Population) | Uttar Pradesh |
Largest State(Area) | Rajasthan |
Largest State(Population) | Uttar Pradesh |
Largest Zoo | Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata) |
Longest Beach | Marina Beach, Chennai |
Longest Canal | Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal (Rajasthan) |
Longest Cantilever Span bridge | Howrah Bridge |
Longest Dam | Hirakud Dam (Orrisa) |
Longest Electric Railway Line | From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna |
Longest Highway | NH-44 (NH-7) which turns from Varanasi to Kanyakumari |
Longest Railway Platform | Kharagpur (West Bengal) 833 meters in Length. It is also the longest railway station in world |
Longest Railway Route | From Assam to Kanyakumari |
Longest River | Ganga (2640 km long) |
Longest River Bridge | Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna |
Longest River in India | The Ganges |
Longest Road | Grand Trunk Road |
Longest Tributary river of India | Yamuna |
Longest Tunnel | Jawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir) |
Oldest Church | St. Thomas Church at Palayar, Trichur (Kerala) |
Sambhar lake | Largest inland salt lake |
Smallest State (Area) | Goa |
Smallest State (Population) | Sikkim |
State wise largest area under forest | Madhya Pradesh |
State with longest coastline | Gujarat |
State with longest coastline of South India | Andhra Pradesh |
Tallest Statue | Veera Abhaya Anjaneya Hanuman Swami, Vijayawada. Height 41m (135 ft) |
World’s Biggest Monolithic Statue | Statue of Gomateshwar, Karnataka (17 meters high) |