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TOWN

RIVER

TOWN

RIVER

1

Allahabad

At the confluence of the Ganga and Yamuna

Kota

Chambal

2

Patna

Ganga

Jabalpur

Narmada

3

Varanasi

Ganga

Panji

Mandavi

4

Kanpur

Ganga

Ujjain

Kshipra

5

Hardwar

Ganga

Surat

Tapti

6

Badrinath

Alaknanda

Jamshedpur

Swarnarekha

7

Agra

Yamuna

Dibrugarh

Brahmaputra

8

Delhi

Yamuna

Guwahati

Brahmaputra

9

Mathura

Yamuna

Kolkata

Hooghly

10

Ferozpur

Satluj

Sambalpur

Mahanadi

11

Ludhiana

Satluj

Cuttack

Mahanadi

12

Srinagar

Jhelum

Serirangapatnam

Cauvery

13

Lucknow

Gomti

Hyderabad

Musi

14

Jaunpur

Gomti

Nasik

Godavari

15

Ayodhya

Saryu

Vijayvada

Krishna

16

Bareilly

Ram Ganga

Curnool

Tungabhadra

17

ahemadabad

Sabarmati

Tiruchirapalli

Cauvery

1

Longest river

Ganges

2

The longest tributary river of India

Yamuna

3

The longest river of the South

Godavari

4

Highest mountain peak

Godwin Austin (K²)

5

Largest lake (fresh water)

Wular lake (Kashmir)

6

Largest lake (Artificial)

Dhebar lake (Udaipur, Rajasthan)

7

Highest dam

Bhakra Dam (Punjab)

8

Largest Mosque

Jama Masjid , Delhi

9

Longest Road

Grand Trunk Road

10

State with longest coastline

Gujarat

11

Longest railway route

From Jammu to Kanyakumari

12

Longest tunnel

Pir Panjal tunnel (Jammu &Kashmir)

13

Longest national highway

NH-7 which runs from Varanasi to Kanyakumari

14

Longest dam

Hirakud dam (odisha)

15

Longest bridge

PVNR Expressway, Hyderabad (11, 600 m)

16

Longest river bridge

Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna

17

Longest rail bridge

Vembanad Rail Bridge, Kerala

18

Largest populated city

Mumbai (12,478, 447)

19

Largest museum

National Museum, Kolkata

20

Largest Delta

Sunderban Delta, W. Bengal

21

Largest Dome

Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur (Karnataka)

22

Largest Zoo

Zoological Garden, Alipur, Kolkata

23

Largest Desert

Thar (Rajasthan)

24

Highest Tower

Pitampura Tower, Delhi

25

Smallest State (area)

Goa

26

Smallest State (population)

Sikkim

27

Highest waterfall

Kunchikal (Karnataka)

28

Longest electric railway line

From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna

29

Densest populated State

Bihar

30

Largest Cave Temple

Kailash Temple, Ellora (Maharashtra)

31

Highest Gateway

Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri (Agra)

32

Biggest Hotel

Oberai-Sheraton (Mumbai)

33

Largest State (area)

Rajasthan

34

Largest State (population)

Uttar Pradesh

35

Place of heaviest rainfall

Mausinram (Meghalaya)

36

Longest corridor

Rameswaram Temple corridor (Tamil Nadu)

37

Largest cantilever span bridge

Howrah Bridge (Kolkata)

38

Largest forest state

M.P.

39

Highest straight gravity Dam

Bhakra Dam

40

Longest railway Platform

Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

41

Largest Stadium

Salt Lake (Yuva Bharti), Kolkata

42

Largest Port

Mumbai

43

Highest Lake

Devatal (Garhwal)

44

Largest Lake (Saline water)

Chilika Lake (Odisha)

45

Highest Award

Bharat Ratna

46

Highest Gallantry Award

Paramveer Chakra

47

Largest Gurudwara

Golden Temple, Amritsar

48

Deepest river valley

Bhagirathi & Alaknanda

49

State with longest coastline of South India

Andhra Pradesh

50

Longest river which forms estuary

Narmada

51

Largest Church

Saint Cathedral (Goa)

52

Longest beach

Marina Beach (Chennai)

53

Highest Battle field

Silachi Glacier

54

Highest Airport

Leh (Laddakh)

55

Largest river Island

Majuli (Brahmaputra river, Asom)

56

Largest Planetarium

Birla Planetarium (Kolkata)

57

Bank, with maximum branches

State Bank of India

58

Largest cattle Fair

Sonepur Fair (Bihar)

59

Highest Statue

Statue of Unity (Gujarat)