SUPERLATIVES
OF INDIA
Superlative
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Location
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Biggest Cantilever Bridge & Busiest Bridge
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Rabindra Sethu (also called Howrah Bridge on Hooghly river in
Kolkata(457m/1499ft long.)
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Biggest Fort
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Red Fort ,Delhi
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Biggest stadium
|
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Busiest airport
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Indira Gandhi International Airport Delhi
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Coldest Place
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Dras, Jammu & Kashmir
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Fastest Train
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Shatabdi Express between New Delhi and Bhopal (it runs 150 kmph
from Delhi to Agra; next Agra to Bhopal runs at 140kmph)
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First complete Banking District
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Palakkad ,Kerala
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First district with 100% e-literacy
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Malappuram, Kerala
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First District with 100% literacy
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Ernakulam, Kerala
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First I.T district
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Palakkad, Kerala
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First inter-linked rivers
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Ken-Betwa (UP-MP)
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First wireless Internet connectivity city
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Mysore ,Karnataka
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Highest Airport
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Kushok Bakula Rimpochhe Airport, Leh airport in Ladakh(3256m /16080ft
high)
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Highest battle field
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Siachen Glacier
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Highest civilian Award
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Bharat Ratna
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Highest dam
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Tehri Dam on Bhagirathi River, near Tehri, Uttarakhand.
Height: 260.5 m (855 ft); Length: 575 m (1,886 ft)
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Highest female literacy rate
|
Jain (90.6%)
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Highest gallantry award
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Param Vir Chakra
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Highest gateway
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Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri near Agra, Built by Akbar (53.5
m/175ft high)
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Highest Hydel Power station
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Rongton Hydel Project in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh
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Highest literacy rate religion
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Jain 94.1%)
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Highest Mountain peak
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Kanchenjunga(Sikkim)(8598 m)(Initially K2 was the highest mountain
peak in India. But now it is in POK)
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Highest population growth rate Religion
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Muslim(29.3%)
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Highest precipitation
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Mawsynram, Meghalaya
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Highest Road
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Road at Khardung in the Leh-Manali Sector
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Highest Tower(Minaret)
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Qutb Minar, Delhi
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Highest Waterfall
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Jog Waterfalls,(on Sharavathi river,292 metres) Karnataka
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Largest Auditorium
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Sri Shanmukhananda hall, Mumbai
|
Largest animal fair
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Sonepur Mela, Patna, Bihar.
|
Largest Botanical Garden
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National Botanical Garden,
Kolkata
|
Largest Cave
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Amarnath (about 44 km from Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir)
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Largest Cave Temple
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Ellora Temples, Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
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Largest Church
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Se. Cathedral at old Goa, 10 km from Panaji.
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Largest Cinema hall
|
Thangam (Madurai)
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Largest city (Area Wise)
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Kolkata
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Largest Concentration of Scheduled Tribes
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Madhya Pradesh
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Largest concentration of Scheduled Caste population
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Uttar Pradesh has the largest Scheduled Caste population
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Largest Delta
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Sunderbans (75,000 sq. km) formed by the Ganga and Brahmaputra rivers
in West Bengal and Bangladesh.
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Largest Desert
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Thar or Great Indian Desert, Rajasthan.
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Largest district
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Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir
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Largest District (Population)
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Medinipur(west Bengal)
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Largest dome
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Gol Gumbaz , Bijapur, Karnataka, Diameter : 44.0 m
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Largest Fresh Water Lake
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Kolleru in Andhra Pradesh
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Largest Gurudwara
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Golden temple, Amritsar, Punjab
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Largest Lake
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Wular lake, Jammu & Kashmir
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Largest Library
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National Library, Kolkata
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Largest manmade lake
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Govind Sagar, Bhakra, Haryana
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Largest Mosque
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Jama Masjid , Delhi(built by shah jahan in 1644-58)
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Largest Museum
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Indian Museum, Kolkata
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Largest Ocean island
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Middle Andaman
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Largest Planetarium
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Birla Planetarium, Kolkata
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Largest Plateau
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Deccan Plateau
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Largest prison
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Tihar Jail ,Delhi
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Largest Public Sector Bank
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State Bank of India
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Largest Public Sector employer
|
Indian Railways
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Largest Residence
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Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi
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Largest River Bridge
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Farakka Barrage , Kolkata(7,363.6ft)
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Largest river Island
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Majuli, Brahmaputra river, Asom
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Largest scheduled caste community
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Chamar
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Largest state in area
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Rajasthan(3,42,239 sq.km)
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Largest Tribe (ST)
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Gond
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Largest Union Territory in Area
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Andaman and Nicobar islands(8,249 sq.km)
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Largest Zoo
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Zoological Gardens, Alipore, Kolkata
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Least densely populated State
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Arunachal Pradesh
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Least populated state
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Sikkim (607,688: 2011 census)
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Least Populated Union Territory
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Lakshadweep(64,429)
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Longest beach
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Marina beach, Chennai(13km)
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Longest Canal
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Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal(959 km long)
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Longest Corridor
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Corridor in Ramanathaswamy Temple at Rameswaram Tamilnadu (1220M/4002
FT)
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Longest Dam
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Hirakud Dam on Sutlej river in Orissa(24.4km long and 2.8 km wide)
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Longest Delta
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Sunderbans (75000 sq. km ) formed by the Ganga and
Brahmaputra in West Bengal and Bangladesh.
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Longest Glacier
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Siachen Glacier on the Indo - Pak border(75.6kmlong and 2.8km wide)
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Longest national Highway
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NH-7 (Varanasi to Kanyakumari)
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Longest Passenger Train Route
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Jammu Tawi-Kanyakumari(3730km)
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Longest railway bridge
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Dehri-on-Sone Railway bridge over the Sone river near Sasaram on
Kolkata -Delhi main line
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Longest railway platform
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Kharagpur in West Bengal (833m/2733ft) also world's longest
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Longest River
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The Ganga 2640km long(it runs 2525km long in India)
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Longest River bridge
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Bandra–Worli Sea Link(5,600m/18,400 ft.), Mahim bay,
Mumbai.
Previously it was Mahatma Gandhi Setu over the Ganga at Patna
(5575m/18286ft)
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Longest Road
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Grand Trunk Road from Kolkata to Amritsar
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Longest Road Bridge
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Nehru Sethu on Son river ,Bihar (10,044ft)
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Longest Sea bridge
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Anna-Indira Gandhi Bridge, connecting the island of Rameswaram with
Mandapam in Tamil Nadu(2.34km long)
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Lowest female literacy rate
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Muslim
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Lowest literacy rate religion
|
Muslim
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Lowest population growth rate religion
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Sikh
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Maximum forest area
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Madhya Pradesh
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Maximum forest area in %
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Mizoram
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Most Densely populated state
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West Bengal(904sq.km)
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Most populated State
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Uttar Pradesh (199,281,477: 2011 census)
|
Most populated union Territory
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Delhi (16,753,235)
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Most Populous City
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Mumbai (nearly 183 lakhs )
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Oldest Refinery
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Digboi(Asom) it discovered in 1835
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Oldest Church
|
St. Thomas Church at Palayar in Trichur district in Kerala built
in 52 AD.
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Oldest Monastery
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Buddhist Monastery situated at an altitude of 3048m/10000 ft at Tawang
in Arunachal Pradesh.
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Oldest observatory
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Jantar Mantar, Delhi
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Oldest University
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University of Calcutta 1857
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Oldest Zoo
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Trivandrum Zoological gardens, Kerala(1859)
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Smallest District
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Mahe, Puducherry
|
Smallest district
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Yanam in population, Puducherry
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Smallest state in area
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Goa(3,702sq.km)
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Smallest Union Territory in Area
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Lakshadweep(32 sq.km)
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State having highest literacy rate
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Kerala
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State with highest Cattle Population
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Uttar Pradesh
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Tallest Statue
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Statue of Gomateswara at Sravanabelagola, Karnataka
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The largest Hindu temple area
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Akshardham, Delhi
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Union Territory having highest literacy rate
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Lakshadweep
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