IMPORTANT INDIAN TOWNS ON RIVERS
| TOWN | RIVER | TOWN | RIVER |
| Allahabad | At the confluence of the Ganga and Yamuna | Kota | Chambal |
| Patna | Ganga | Jabalpur | Narmada |
| Varanasi | Ganga | Panji | Mandavi |
| Kanpur | Ganga | Ujjain | Kshipra |
| Hardwar | Ganga | Surat | Tapti |
| Badrinath | Alaknanda | Jamshedpur | Swarnarekha |
| Agra | Yamuna | Dibrugarh | Brahmaputra |
| Delhi | Yamuna | Guwahati | Brahmaputra |
| Mathura | Yamuna | Kolkata | Hooghly |
| Ferozpur | Satluj | Sambalpur | Mahanadi |
| Ludhiana | Satluj | Cuttack | Mahanadi |
| Srinagar | Jhelum | Serirangapatnam | Cauvery |
| Lucknow | Gomti | Hyderabad | Musi |
| Jaunpur | Gomti | Nasik | Godavari |
| Ayodhya | Saryu | Vijayvada | Krishna |
| Bareilly | Ram Ganga | Curnool | Tungabhadra |
| ahemadabad | Sabarmati | Tiruchirapalli | Cauvery |
LARGEST, LONGEST, HIGHEST AND SMALLEST IN INDIA
| Longest river | Ganges |
| The longest tributary river of India | Yamuna |
| The longest river of the South | Godavari |
| Highest mountain peak | Godwin Austin (K²) |
| Largest lake (fresh water) | Wular lake (Kashmir) |
| Largest lake (Artificial) | Dhebar lake (Udaipur, Rajasthan) |
| Highest dam | Bhakra Dam (Punjab) |
| Largest Mosque | Jama Masjid , Delhi |
| Longest Road | Grand Trunk Road |
| State with longest coastline | Gujarat |
| Longest railway route | From Jammu to Kanyakumari |
| Longest tunnel | Pir Panjal tunnel (Jammu &Kashmir) |
| Longest national highway | NH-7 which runs from Varanasi to Kanyakumari |
| Longest dam | Hirakud dam (odisha) |
| Longest bridge | PVNR Expressway, Hyderabad (11, 600 m) |
| Longest river bridge | Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna |
| Longest rail bridge | Vembanad Rail Bridge, Kerala |
| Largest populated city | Mumbai (12,478, 447) |
| Largest museum | National Museum, Kolkata |
| Largest Delta | Sunderban Delta, W. Bengal |
| Largest Dome | Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur (Karnataka) |
| Largest Zoo | Zoological Garden, Alipur, Kolkata |
| Largest Desert | Thar (Rajasthan) |
| Highest Tower | Pitampura Tower, Delhi |
| Smallest State (area) | Goa |
| Smallest State (population) | Sikkim |
| Highest waterfall | Kunchikal (Karnataka) |
| Longest electric railway line | From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna |
| Densest populated State | Bihar |
| Largest Cave Temple | Kailash Temple, Ellora (Maharashtra) |
| Highest Gateway | Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri (Agra) |
| Biggest Hotel | Oberai-Sheraton (Mumbai) |
| Largest State (area) | Rajasthan |
| Largest State (population) | Uttar Pradesh |
| Place of heaviest rainfall | Mausinram (Meghalaya) |
| Longest corridor | Rameswaram Temple corridor (Tamil Nadu) |
| Largest cantilever span bridge | Howrah Bridge (Kolkata) |
| Largest forest state | M.P. |
| Highest straight gravity Dam | Bhakra Dam |
| Longest railway Platform | Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) |
| Largest Stadium | Salt Lake (Yuva Bharti), Kolkata |
| Largest Port | Mumbai |
| Highest Lake | Devatal (Garhwal) |
| Largest Lake (Saline water) | Chilika Lake (Odisha) |
| Highest Award | Bharat Ratna |
| Highest Gallantry Award | Paramveer Chakra |
| Largest Gurudwara | Golden Temple, Amritsar |
| Deepest river valley | Bhagirathi & Alaknanda |
| State with longest coastline of South India | Andhra Pradesh |
| Longest river which forms estuary | Narmada |
| Largest Church | Saint Cathedral (Goa) |
| Longest beach | Marina Beach (Chennai) |
| Highest Battle field | Silachi Glacier |
| Highest Airport | Leh (Laddakh) |
| Largest river Island | Majuli (Brahmaputra river, Asom) |
| Largest Planetarium | Birla Planetarium (Kolkata) |
| Bank, with maximum branches | State Bank of India |
| Largest cattle Fair | Sonepur Fair (Bihar) |
| Highest Statue | Veera Abhaya Anjaneya Hanuman Swami (vijayavada, Andhra Pradesh) |
