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Highest Dam |
Bhakra Dam (226 Metre) |
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Highest Gateway |
Buland Darwaza (Fatehpur Sikri), near Agra (UP) |
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Highest rainfall |
Cherapunji (Meghalaya) |
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Highest Tower |
Qutab Minar, Delhi |
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Highest Waterfall |
Gersopa Waterfall (Karnataka) |
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Highest Airfield |
Chushul (Ladakh) |
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Highest Mountain |
Kanchenjunga (8,597 metre) |
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Biggest Zoo |
Zoological Garden, Kolkata |
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Largest Cave temple |
Ellora (Maharashtra) |
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Largest Delta |
Sunderbans Delta (West Bengal) |
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Largest Dome |
Gole Gumbaz, Bijapur |
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Largest Forest State |
Madhya Pradesh |
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First Newspaper in India |
Bengal Gazette by James A Hickey |
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State having largest number of scheduled castes |
UP |
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First Nuclear Submarine |
Ins Chakra |
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First Indian Woman to climb Mt. Everest |
Bachendri Pal |
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First Women Judge of Supreme Court |
Fatima Beevi |
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Largest Lake |
Wular Lake (J&K) |
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Largest Museum |
Indian Museum, Kolkata |
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Longest Bridge |
Mahatma Gandhi Setu on Ganga river (Bihar) |
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Longest Platform |
Kharaghpur Platform (West Bengal) |
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Longest Road |
Grand Trunk Road |
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Longest Tunnel |
Jawahar Tunnel (J&K) |
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Most Literate State in India |
Kerala |
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Most Populated State |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Most Populous City |
Mumbai |
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Largest Dam |
Hirakud (Orissa) |
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Largest Mosque |
Jama Masjid (Delhi) |
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Longest River |
Ganga |