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Important Indian Towns on Rivers

Largest, Longest, Highest in India

Longest

• River: Ganges
• Tributary river of India: Yamuna
• River of the South: Godavari
• Road: Grand Trunk Road
• State Coast Line: Gujarat
• Railway Route: From Jammu to Kanyakumari
• Tunnel: Pir Panjal tunnel (Jammu &Kashmir)
• National Highway: NH-7 which runs from Varanasi to Kanyakumari
• Dam: Hirakud dam (Odisha)
• Bridge: PVNR Expressway, Hyderabad (11,600 m)
• River Bridge: Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna
• Rail Bridge: Vembanad Rail Bridge, Kerala
• Electric Railway Line: From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna
• Corridor: Rameswaram Temple corridor (Tamil Nadu)
• Railway Platform: Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)
• Coastline in South India: Andhra Pradesh
• The river which forms estuary: Narmada
• Beach: Marina Beach (Chennai)

Largest

• Lake (Freshwater): Wular lake (Kashmir)
• Lake (Artificial): Dhebar lake (Udaipur, Rajasthan)
• Mosque: Jama Masjid, Delhi
• Populated city: Mumbai (12,478, 447)
• Museum: National Museum, Kolkata
• Delta: Sunderban Delta, W. Bengal
• Dome: Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur (Karnataka)
• Zoo: Zoological Garden, Alipur, Kolkata
• Desert: Thar (Rajasthan)
• Cave Temple: Kailash Temple, Ellora (Maharashtra)
• Biggest Hotel: Oberai-Sheraton (Mumbai) 
• State (Area): Rajasthan
• State (Population): Uttar Pradesh
• Cantilever Span Bridge: Howrah Bridge (Kolkata)
• Forest State: M.P.
• Stadium: Salt Lake (Yuva Bharti), Kolkata
• Port: Mumbai
• Lake (Saline): Chilika Lake (Odisha)
• Gurudwara: Golden Temple, Amritsar
• Church: Saint Cathedral (Goa)
• River Island: Majuli (Brahmaputra river, Asom)
• Planetarium: Birla Planetarium (Kolkata)
• Cattle Fair: Sonepur Fair (Bihar)

Highest

• Mountain Peak: Godwin Austin (K²)
• Dam: Bhakra Dam (Punjab)
• Tower: Pitampura Tower, Delhi
• Waterfall: Kunchikal (Karnataka)
• Densely Populated State: Bihar
• Gateway: Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri (Agra)
• Straight Gravity Dam: Bhakra Dam
• Lake: Devatal (Garhwal)
• Award: Bharat Ratna
• Gallantry Award: Paramveer Chakra
• Battlefield: Silachi Glacier
• Airport: Leh (Laddakh)
• Statue: Statue of Unity (Gujarat)

Note:

• Smallest State(area): Goa
• Smallest State(Population): Sikkim
• Place of heaviest rainfall: Mausinram (Meghalaya)
• Deepest river valley: Bhagirathi & Alaknanda
• Bank, with maximum branches: State Bank of India