STATE WITH MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DISTRICTS IN INDIA
DISTRICTS IN INDIA
Uttar Pradesh is the state with maximum number of districts in India. It has a total of 70 districts. Uttar Pradesh is the most populous and fifth largest state of India.
Only fiv...
STATE WITH LEAST NUMBER OF DISTRICTS IN INDIA
INDIA
Goa is the state with least number of districts in India. It has two districts: North Goa & South Goa.
The North Goa District has an area of 1736 sq. Km. Geographical position of ...
WETTEST PLACE IN INDIA
WETTEST PLACE
Wettest Place in India is Cherrapunji. In fact, Cherrapunji is the wettest place on the earth. The place receives an annual rainfall of over 1200 cm. Cherrapunji is situated at 56 ...
WESTERNMOST POINT OF INDIA
WESTERNMOST POINT
West of Ghuar Mota in Gujarat is the westernmost point of India. Its Latitude/Longitide is 23.67 N/ 68.52 E. Ghuar Mota is in the Kutch region of Gujarat. Other cities located near...
SOUTHERNMOST POINT OF INDIA
SOUTHERNMOST POINT
Indira Point, the southernmost tip of the Great Nicobar Island is the southernmost point of land in the territory of India. It is at 6o 45' N latitude. Indira Point was formerly kn...
SMALLEST UNION TERRITORY IN INDIA
SMALLEST UNION
Lakshadweep with an area of 32 sq km is the smallest Union Territory in India. Lakshadweep islands lie in the Arabian Sea and extend from 8o N to 12o 20' N and 71o 45' E to 74o E. ...
Smallest State in India
Smallest State
Goa with an area of 3702 sq. km is the smallest State in India. Goa was a Portuguese colony and was liberated from Portuguese rule on December 19, 1961. After its independence Goa ...
Smallest District in India
Smallest District
Mahe is the smallest district in India. It has an area of 9 sq. km. Mahe is geographically located in the state of Kerala, whereas administratively it comes under the control of Un...
Northernmost Point of India
Northernmost
Northernmost Point of India is disputed. The Siachen Glacier in the State of Jammu & Kashmir is the northern most point under Indian control. India claims the entire state of Jammu...
Longitudinal and latitudinal extent of India
Longitudinal
India lies wholly in the northern and eastern hemispheres. The main land of India extends from 8o 4' 28" N to 37o 17' 53" N latitudes and from 68o 7' 53" E to 97o 24' 47" E longitu...
Longest River Of India
Longest River
Ganga is the longest river of India. The total length of the Ganga River from its source to its mouth (measured along the Hughli) is 2525 km of which 1450 km is in the Uttar Prades...
Length of Coastline of India
Length of Coastline
Length of coastline of India including the coastlines of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal and Lakshadweep Islands in the Arabian Sea is 7517 km. Length of Coastline...
Largest Union Territory Of India
Union Territory
Andaman & Nicobar Islands with an area of 8,249 sq km is the largest union territory in India. The Andaman & Nicobar Islands are situated between 6o and 14o North Latitude and 92o ...
Largest State in India
Largest State
Rajasthan with an area of 342,239 sq km is the largest state in India. Before the formation of Chattisgarh as a separate state in the year 2000, Madhya Pradesh was the largest Indi...
Largest River Island in India
River Island
Majuli Island in Assam is the largest river Island in India. Majuli is in the Brahmaputra River, and is about 200 kilometers east from Guwahati, the capital of Assam. Majuli was fo...
Physiographic Unit of India
Physiographic Unit
India is divided into five physiographic divisions. These are:
The Himalayan Mountains
The Great Plains of North India
The Peninsular Plateau
The Coastal Plains
The Islands
A...
Largest Glacier in India
Largest Glacier
Siachen Glacier is the largest glacier in India. In fact, it has the distinction of being the largest glacier outside the polar and the sub-polar regions. Siachen glacier is 75.6 k...
Largest District in India
Largest District
Kachchh (also spelled as Kutch) in Gujarat, with an area of 45,652 sq km is the largest District in India. The administrative headquarters of Kachchh is in Bhuj. The district's fiv...
Largest Delta in India
Largest Delta
Sundarban is the largest delta in India. The Sundarbans are a part of the world's largest delta formed by the rivers Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna. They are vast tract of forest a...
Largest Alluvial Plain of the World
Alluvial Plain
The Great Plain of North India also known as Indo-Gangetic-Brahmaputra Plain is the largest alluvial plain of the world. This arcuate plain extends for a length of 3200 km from the...
Highest Mountain Peak in India
Mountain Peak
Kanchenjunga is the highest mountain peak in India. Kanchenjunga has an altitude of 8,586 metres (28,169 feet). It is engirdled by three territories: Sikkim in the south and east, ...
Geographical Area Of India
Geographical
India has an area of 3,287,240 sq. km. It is the seventh largest country of the world after Russia (1,70,75,000 sq. km), Canada (99,76,132 sq. km), China (99,76,132 sq. km), the U....
Easternmost Point of India
Easternmost
Kibithu is the easternmost point of India. Kibithu is a tiny village located at an altitude of 11,000 feet in Arunachal Pradesh's Lohit District, bordering China's Tibet region. Ki...
Coldest Place in India
Coldest Place
Drass in western Ladakh is the coldest place in India. It is also the second coldest place in the world after Siberia. Temperatures drop down to about -40 degrees Celsius in winter...
Oldest Surviving Indian Book
Oldest Surviving
The oldest surviving Indian book is the Tamil work, Christiya Vanakkam, revised edition of the original Doctrina Christa.
The book was published from Quilon (located in present da...
Oldest Living Language of India
Oldest Living
Tamil is the oldest living language of India and the world. It belongs to the Dravidian group of languages. Tamil is the official language of the state of Tamil Nadu, and also has ...
Most Translated Literary Work
Literary Work
Most translated literary work is Bhagavad Gita, an integral part of the Mahabharata. It was first translated into English in 1785 by Charles Wilkeinson. Since then, Bhagavad Gita h...
Most Expensive Indian Book
Most Expensive
Most Expensive Indian Book is "Firefly - A Fairytale", written by famous fashion designer Ritu Beri. The book is priced at Rs 1 lakh and is published by Ritu Beri herself. Famous p...
Longest Running Children Magazine
Longest Running
Chandamama is the longest running children magazine in India. The magazine was launched in July, 1947 in Telugu. Chakrapani was the founder-editor of Chandamama. B Viswanatha Reddy...
Longest Indian Novel
Longest Indian
Longest Indian Novel is Avakasikal, written by MK Menon in Malayalam under the penname "Vilasini". The novel runs into 3,958 pages in four volumes and took ten years to complete. M...
Longest Epic in the World
Longest Epic
Mahabharata is the longest epic in the world. Mahabharata has more than 74,000 verses, long prose passages, and about 1.8 million words in total. Mahabharata was written by Ved Vya...
Earliest Anthology of India
Anthology
Therigatha, the ninth book of the Khuddaka Nikaya, is the earliest anthology of India. It is a Buddhist scripture, a collection of short poems supposedly recited by early members o...
Children's Magazine With Largest Circulation in India
Children's Magazine
Children's magazine with largest circulation in India is Tinkle. Tinkle is a monthly magazine published by India Book House Pvt Ltd Mumbai. The magazine was launched on November 14...
Youngest Grandmaster (GM) in India
Grandmaster
Parimarjan Negi is the youngest Grandmaster (GM) in India. Born on 9 February 1993, Parimarjan Negi became GM at the age of 13 years and 142 days on July 1, 2006. He is second youn...
India's First Grandmaster
First Grandmaster
Viswanathan Anand is India's first Grandmaster. He became Grandmaster (GM) in 1988 at the age of eighteen. Viswanathan Anand was born on December 11, 1969. He won the National Sub-...
First Olympic Gold Medal Won by India
First Olympic
First Olympic Gold Medal Won by India was in 1928 Olympics in hockey. India defeated the host country Holland 3-0 in the finals. Legendary Dhyan Chand scored two goals in the final...
First Indian woman to reach Olympic finals
Olympic Finals
P.T. Usha was the first Indian woman to reach Olympic finals. She reached the finals of the 400 metres hurdles in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Usha lost the bronze by 1/100th of ...
First Indian to Win Wimbledon Junior Singles Title
Wimbledon
Ramanathan Krishnan, one of the legends of Indian tennis, is the first Indian to win Wimbledon Junior Singles title. Ramanathan Krishnan achieved this feat in 1954 by beating Ashle...
First Indian to Win Junior US Open Title
Junior US
Leander Paes was the first Indian to Win Junior US Open Title. Leander Paes won the US Open championship in 1991 by defeating Karim Alami of Morocco 6-4, 6-4.
Leander Peas is one ...
First Indian to win All England Badminton Championship
Badminton
Prakash Padukone is the first Indian to win All England Badminton Championship. He won the coveted All England Open title in 1980 with a victory over Liem Swie King of Indonesia.
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First Indian to take part in Olympic Games
Olympic Games
Norman Gilbert Pritchard, an Anglo-Indian athlete from Calcutta, was the first Indian to take part in Olympic Games. Norman G Pritchard was not the official representative of India...
First Indian athlete to win a medal in World Athletics Championship
Indian athlete
Anju Bobby George is the first Indian athlete to win a medal in World Athletics Championship. Anju entered record books when she won the bronze medal in Long Jump at the 2003 World...
First Indian athlete to reach Olympic finals
Athlete
Milkha Singh was the first Indian athlete to reach Olympic finals. Milkha Singh reached the finals of 400 m at the 1960 Rome Olympics. He finished fourth in the finals and clocked ...
India's First Supercomputer
Supercomputer
India's First Supercomputer was PARAM 8000. PARAM stood for Parallel Machine. The computer was developed by the government run Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) ...
India's First Nuclear Reactor
Nuclear Reactor
India's First Nuclear Reactor was Apsara. It was also the first nuclear reactor in Asia. Apsara went critical at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Trombay on August 4, 1956. It...
India's first indigenously built satellite
Satellite
Insat 2A was India's first indigenously built satellite. The satellite was launched on 9 July 1992 from Kourou, French Guyana. The satellite had a dry mass of 916kg and it weighed ...
India's First Indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle
Satellite Launch
SLV-3 was India's first indigenous satellite launch vehicle. The vehicle was launched by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on July 18, 1980. President A P J Abdul Kalam was...
First Satellite Launched by India
First Satellite
Aryabhata was the first satellite launched by India. It was named after the great Indian astronomer of the same name. Aryabhata weighed 360kg and was launched by the Soviet Union o...
First Nuclear Power Plant in India
First Nuclear
Tarapur Atomic Power Station (T.AP.S.) was the first nuclear power plant in India. The construction of the plant was started in 1962 and the plant went operational in 1969. The 320...
First Indian Scientist to win Nobel Prize
Indian Scientist
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (C.V. Raman) was the first Indian scientist to win Nobel Prize. C.V. Raman was awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the scatteri...
Last Viceroy of India
Viceroy of India
Lord Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of India. Mountbatten was appointed Viceroy of India in 1947 and he oversaw the creation of the independent states of India and Pakistan. Afte...
Last Governor General of India
Last Governor
C. Rajagopalachari, popularly known as Rajaji, was the last Governor General of India. C. Rajagopalachari succeeded Lord Mountbatten and was Governor General of India from 1948 to ...
First Woman President of Indian National Congress
Woman President
Annie Besant was the first woman President of Indian National Congress. She presided over the 1917 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress. Annie Besant was of Irish origi...
First Viceroy of India
First Viceroy
Lord Canning was the first Viceroy of India. The title of Viceroy was created in 1858 after the mutiny of 1857. Before 1858, East India Company was ruling large parts of India and ...
First President of Indian National Congress
First President
Womesh Chandra Banerjee was the first President of Indian National Congress (INC). Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 by educated Indian elite. The first session of the I...
First Indian to join the Indian Civil Service
Indian Civil Service
Satyendra Nath Tagore was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Service. He was the elder brother of Guru Dev Rabindranath Tagore. Before 1861, only British officers were appoi...
First Governor General of India
First Governor
Warren Hastings was the first Governor General of India. He occupied this position from 1773 to 1784. Hastings was born at Churchill, Oxfordshire. He joined the British East India ...
Tallest bridge in India
Tallest bridge
The Panvalnadi bridge on the Panval river in Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra is presently the tallest bridge in India. The tallest pier of the bridge is 64m above bed level and t...
Longest Span Cantilever Bridge in India
Cantilever Bridge
Jadukata Bridge, located at Ranikor in West Khasi Hills District in Meghalaya, built across Jadukata River is the longest span cantilever bridge in India. The bridge has a central ...
Longest Sea Bridge in India
Longest Sea Bridge
Bandra-Worli Sea Link also known as the Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link is the longest sea bridge in India. The Bandra–Worli Sea Link is a cable-stayed bridge with pre-stressed concrete-st...
Longest River Bridge in India
Longest River Bridge
The Mahatma Gandhi Setu bridge over the river Ganga in Patna is the world's longest river bridge. The bridge spans over 5.575 km from Hajipur at the north end to Patna at the south...
Longest Railway Platform in India
Longest Railway
The platform of Kharagpur Railway Station is the longest railway platform in India. The length of the Kharagpur Railway platform is 1072.5m. The platform was originally 716m long. ...
Longest Rail Bridge in India
Longest Rail Bridge
Vembanad Rail Bridge is the longest rail bridge in India. Vembanad Rail Bridge in the state of Kerala is a rail connecting Edappally and Vallarpadam in Kochi. The line is dedicated...
Longest Dam in India
Longest Dam
Hirakud Dam built on Mahanadi River is the longest dam in India. The overall length of the main dam is 4.8 km, and the total length is 25.8km with dam and dykes taken together. The...
Largest Reservoir in India
Largest Reservoir
Indira Sagar Dam on the river Narmada has the largest reservoir in India with a full submergence of 913 sq. km. The dam is proposed to be 92 m high and 653 m long with a slightly c...
Largest Canal in India
Largest Canal
Indira Gandhi Canal is the largest canal in India. The canal is 650 km long and starts from the Harike Barrage, a few kilometers below the confluence of the Sutlej and Beas rivers ...
Highest Dam in India
Highest Dam
Tehri Dam on Bhagirathi River is the highest dam in India. With a height of 261 meters, Tehri Dam is the sixth highest dam in the world. Tehri dam is the main dam of the Tehri Hydr...
Highest Airport in India
Highest Airport
Leh airport is the highest airport in India. In fact, it is the highest commercial airport in the world. Leh airport is situated at an altitude of about 3000 meters. The airport ha...
BUSIEST BRIDGE IN INDIA
BUSIEST BRIDGE
Howrah Bridge (also known as Rabindra Setu) on the Hooghly River in West Bengal is the busiest bridge in India. Howrah Bridge is a famous landmark of Kolkata. It bears the weight o...
UT with lowest population density in India
UT with lowest
Andaman & Nicobar Islands is the UT with lowest population density in India. According to 2016 census, Delhi has a population density of 46 persons/sq km. The territory's populatio...
UT with lowest population in India
UT with lowest
According to the 2016 census Lakshadweep has a population of 64,429, roughly equal to the nation of Marshall Islands. This gives it a ranking of 627th in India (out of a total of 6...
UT with highest population density in India
UT population
Delhi is the UT with highest population density. According to 2016 census, Delhi has a population density of 9,340 persons/sq km. Total population of Delhi (as per 2001 census) is ...
UT with Highest Population in India
Population
According to the 2016 census of India, the population of Delhi is 16,753,235. The corresponding population density was 11,297 persons per sq.km, with a sex ratio of 866 women per 1...
State With Lowest Population in India
State Lowest
With around 607, 688 inhabitants as of 2016, Sikkim is the least populous state in India and the second-smallest state after Goa in total area, covering approximately 7,096 km2 (2,...
State With Highest Population Density in India
Highest Population
Delhi is the state with highest population density in India. According to the 2016 census of India, the population of Delhi is 16,753,235.[104] The corresponding population density...
State with Highest Population in India
State Highest
Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in India with a population of 199,581,477 million people as of 1 March 2016. If it were a separate country, Uttar Pradesh would be the worl...
Most Populous City in India
Most Populous
Mumbai is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million... According to t...
District With The Lowest Population Density in India
District Lowest
Dibang Valley is the district with the lowest population density in India. As per the 2016 census, the district has a population density of 1 inhabitant per square kilometer (2.6 /...
District With Lowest Population in India
District Population
Dibang Valley is the district with lowest population in India. According to the 2016 census Dibang Valley district has a population of 7,948, roughly equal to the nation of Nauru. ...
District with the Highest Population Density in India
District Population
North East Delhi is the district with the Highest Population Density in India. According to 2016 census, North East Delhi district has a population density of 37,346persons/sq km. ...
District with Highest Population in India
District Highest
Thane district of Maharashtra is the most populated district of India. Thane city covers an area of 147 km² and has a population more than 2.4 million according to the 2016 census...
First Man To Climb Mount Everest twice
First Man
Nawang Gombu is the first man to climb Mount Everest twice. He reached the summit of Everest with the American expedition in 1963 and with the Indian expedition in 1965. Nawang Gom...
First man to climb Mount Everest without oxygen
Mount Everest
Phu Dorji was the first man to climb Mount Everest without oxygen. He reached the Summit of Everest on May 9, 1984 via the standard South East Ridge route on the expedition from In...
First Indian woman to swim across English Channel
First Indian
Arati Saha was the first Indian woman to swim across English Channel. She achieved this feat on 29 September 1959. Arati Saha swam from Cape Gris Nez, France to Sandgate, England. ...
First Indian woman to climb Mount Everest
Mount Everest
Bachendri Pal is the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest. She achieved this feat on 23rd May 1984. Bachendri Pal was part of the fourth expedition, named Everest 84. She was ...
First Indian man to swim English Channel
Indian Man
Mihir Sen was the first Indian man to swim English Channel. He achieved this feat on September 27, 1958, when he crossed the Channel in 14 hours and 45 minutes. In the process, Mih...
Largest Zoo in India
Largest Zoo
The Zoological Garden in Kolkata is the largest Zoo in India. It is spread over an area of about 100 acres. The Zoo is located on Belvedre road in Kolkata and was established in 18...
Largest Prison in India
Largest Prison
Tihar Jail Complex in New Delhi is the largest prison complex in India. It comprises of nine prisons in the Tihar Complex with a sanction capacity of 4800 prisoners and one Distric...
Largest Planetarium in India
Largest Planetarium
The M. P. Birla Planetarium in Kolkata is the largest planetarium in India. The planetarium started functioning from September 29, 1962 as an educational, scientific and research i...
Largest Museum in India
Largest Museum
Indian Museum in Kolkata is the largest museum in India. It is the ninth oldest regular museum of the world and oldest institution of its kind in Asia Pacific region. Indian Museum...
Largest Library in India
Largest Library
The National Library in Kolkata is the largest library in India. It is an institution of National importance under the Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Governm...
Largest Botanical Garden of India
Largest Botanical
Indian Botanical Garden situated in Shibpur, Howrah near Kolkata is the largest botanical garden of India. The gardens exhibit a wide variety of rare plants and have a collection o...
First Woman Minister in India
Woman Minister
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was the first woman minister in India. In 1937, she was elected to the provincial legislature of the United Provinces and was minister of
local self-governm...
First Woman Governor of a State in India
Woman Governor
Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to become the governor of a state in India. After independence she became the Governor of Uttar Pradesh and died in office in 1949.
Sarojini Nai...
First Woman Chief Minister in India
Woman Chief Minister
Sucheta Kriplani was the first woman Chief Minister in India. She was Chief Minister of India from 1963 to 1967. She had a reputation of being a firm administrator. Her tenure was ...
First IT-enabled District Headquarter in India
First IT-enabled
Palakkad in Kerala was declared as the first IT-enabled District Headquarter in India on October 26, 2004. Palakkad was the first district headquarter in India to utilize the benef...
First Indian Prime Minister to resign from office
Prime Minister
Morarji Desai was the first Indian Prime Minister to resign from office. He became Prime Minister of Janata Party led fractious coalition government in 1977. He resigned in 1979, w...
First Indian Prime Minister to lose an election
Prime Minister
Indira Gandhi was the first Indian Prime Minister to lose an election. She was defeated by Raj Narain, a candidate of Janata Party, in 1977 Lok Sabha elections from Rai Bareli cons...
First Indian President to die in office
Indian President
Dr. Zakir Hussain, was the first Indian President to die in office before completing his term. He was the Third President of the India. On 9 May 1967, Zakir Hussain was declared el...
First Female Indian Cabinet Minister
Cabinet Minister
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur was the first female Indian Cabinet Minister. She was part of Jawaharlal Nehru's first Cabinet. She was assigned the Ministry of Health and continued to be the...
First Music Director to Win an Oscar and First Double Oscar Winner
First Music Director
A.R Rahman is the first music director to win two Academy Awards for the film Slumdog Millionaire in the year 2009. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film compos...
Oldest Gharanas of Hindustani Music
Oldest Gharanas
Gwalior Gharana is the oldest gharanas of Hindustani Music. Gwalior Gharana is the oldest of the khayal gharanas and the one to which most of the others gharanas trace the origins ...
First Woman Shehnai Player of India
Shehnai Player
Bageshwari Qamar is the first woman shehnai player of India. Bageshwari Qamar learnt Shehnai from Ustad Bismillah Khan. She was crowned Shehnai Queen at Chandigarh in 1983, the yea...
First Woman Sarod Player of India
Woman Sarod
Sharan Rani is the first woman sarod player of India. Born in 1929 in Delhi, Sharan Rani is playing Sarod for nearly 70 years. In fact, she is also popularly called as Sarod Rani. ...
First Music School in India
First Music
Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar set up the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya at Lahore on May 5, 1901. It was the first music school in India. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar (August 18, 1872 - Aug...
First Indian to compose a Symphony
Symphony
Illayaraja is the first Indian to compose a symphony. Illayaraja composed a full-length western classical symphony in July 1993. The hour-long symphony was composed by him in one m...
First Musician Receive Bharat Ratna
First Musician
MS Subbulakshmi was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor. She was the first musician to get Padma Bhushan (1954) and Padma Vibhush...
First Hindi Rap Album
Hindi Rap Album
First Hindi Rap Album was "Thanda Thanda Pani" by Harjeet Singh Sehgal, popularly known as Baba Sehgal. The album was a remake of "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice. The album recorded ...
First gramophone record in India
Gramophone
First gramophone record in India was made in Kolkata in 1898. In 1877, Thomas Edison invented a sound machine which he called phonograph. Hemendra Mohan Bose, an Indian entrepreneu...
First Folk Album of India
First Folk Album
Ila Arun's album Banjaran was the first folk album of India. The album was released in 1983 and had versions of nomadic ballads from Gujarat and Rajasthan.
Ila Arun is a popular I...
First Computerized Album of India
Computerized
Alisha Chinai's album "Baby doll" was the first computerized album of India. The album was released in 1988 on HMV. Alisha's husband Rajesh Johri was the sound engineer of the albu...
DISK LAUNCHED IN INDIA
FIRST COMPACT DISK LAUNCHED IN INDIA
Pankaj Udhas's album Shagufta launched by Music India in December 1987 was the first compact disc to be launched in India. Pankaj Udhas is a famous Ghazal singer. He has developed ...
HINDI FILM SONG
LONGEST HINDI FILM SONG
The song Ab Tum hare Hawale Watan Saathi yon in the film by the same name is the longest Hindi film song. The length of the song is 20 minutes and the song is featured in three ins...
TALKIE FILM
INDIA’S FIRST TALKIE FILM
India's first talkie film was Alam Ara (Light of the Universe). The film was released on March 14, 1931 at Majestic Cinema in Bombay. Alam Ara was made under the banner of Imperial...
First Woman Music Director in Indian Film Industry
Music Director
Jaddan Bai, mother of famous actress Nargis, was the first woman music director in Indian film industry. Jaddan Bai made a film Talash-e-Haq in the year 1935 and composed the music...
INDIAN TO GET AN OSCAR
FIRST INDIAN TO GET AN OSCAR
Bhanu Athaiya was the First Indian to Get an Oscar. She won the award for the Best Costume Designer for Richard Attenborough's film Gandhi in 1982. Bhanu Athaiya has been associate...
FEATURE FILM
FIRST INDIAN FEATURE FILM
Raja Harishchandra was the first full-length Indian feature film. The film was directed by Dhundiraj Govind Phalke (better known as Dadasaheb Phalke). The film was based on the leg...
CINEMASCOPE FILM
FIRST INDIAN CINEMASCOPE FILM
First Indian cinemascope film was Kaagaz Ke Phool, produced and directed by Guru Dutt in 1959. The film’s star cast included Guru Dutt, Veena, Waheeda Rehman, Johnny Walker, Mino...
3D MOVIE
FIRST INDIAN 3D MOVIE
Chota Chetan was the first Indian 3D Movie. The film was made under the banner of Navodaya Films in 1984. Chota Chetan was a huge box office success and earned around Rs 60 crore d...
FILM MADE IN INDIA
FRIST COLOUR FILM MADE IN INDIA
First Color Film Made in India was Kisan Kanya in the year 1937, although the trend of color films began very late. The film was produced by Imperial Film Co and was directed by Mo...
NUMBER OF SONGS
FILM WITH MOST NUMBER OF SONGS
Madan Theatres' Indra Sabha with 71 songs is the film with most number of songs. The film was made in 1932 and the director of the film was J.J. Madan. The plot of the film revolve...
GENERAL OF INDIAN ARMY
FIRST WOMAN LT GENERAL OF INDIAN ARMY
Lt General (Mrs.) Punita Arora of the Army's Medical Corps was the first woman Lt General of Indian Army. Lt Gen Punita Arora graduated from Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pu...
INDIAN AIR FORCE
FIRST WOMAN AIR MARSHAL OF INDIAN AIR FORCE
Padmavathy Bandopadhyay was the first woman Air Marshal of Indian Air Force. She was the Director General Medical Services (Air) at the Air Headquarters. Padmavathy Bandopadhyay jo...
VIR CHAKRA
FIRST RECEIPIENT OF PARAM VIR CHAKRA
Major Som Nath Sharma was the first recipient of Param Vir Chakra (PVC). Param Vir Chakra is the highest Indian gallantry award. Major Somnath Sharma was awarded PVC for his braver...
INDIAN ARMY
FIRST INDIAN COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF INDIAN ARMY
General (later Field Marshal) K.M. Cariappa was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of Indian Army. He was Commander-in-Chief of Indian Army from 15 January 1949 to 31 March 1953.
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NAVAL STAFF
FIRST INDIAN CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF
Vice Admiral RD Katari was the first Indian Chief of Naval Staff. He was Naval Chief from 22 April 1958 to 4 June 1962. Vice Admiral Katari had many other "firsts" to his credit. H...
AIR STAFF OF INDIAN AIR FORCE
FIRST INDIAN CHIEF OF AIR STAFF OF INDIAN AIR FORCE
Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee was the first Indian Chief of Air Staff of Indian Air Force. He was Air Chief from 1 April 1954 to 8 November 1960. He was one of the six recruits sel...
MARSHAL OF INDIAN ARMY
FIRST FIELD MARSHAL OF INDIAN ARMY
Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, popularly known as Sam Bahadur, was the first Field Marshal of Indian Army. He was appointed Field Marshal on 1 January 1973....
INDIAN ARMY
FIRST COMMANDER-IN-CHIED OF INDIAN ARMY
General Sir Francis Robert Roy Bucher was the first Commander-in-Chief of Indian Army. He was Commander-in-Chief of Indian Army from 1 January 1948 to 14 January 1949.
General Roy...
Chief of the Indian Air Force
First Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Air Force
Air Marshal Sir Thomas Walker Elmhirst was the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Air Force. He was Air Chief from 15 August 1947 to 21 February 1950. It was Air Marshal Elmhir...
STATUE IN INDIA
TALLEST STATUE IN INDIA
The statue of Gomateshwara at Sravanbelagola in Karnataka is the tallest statue in India. The statue is 17m (55 ft) high and is visible from a distance of 30km. The gigantic monoli...
CHURCH IN INDIA
OLDEST CHURCH IN INDIA
St Thomas Church at Palyar in Trichur, Kerala is considered to be the oldest church in India. In 52 A.D. Thomas Didaemus, one of the 12 apostles of Jesus Christ. is believed to hav...
CORRIDOR IN INDIA
LARGEST TEMPLE CORRIDOR IN INDIA
The corridor of Ramnathswamy Temple at Rameshwaram is the largest temple corridor in India. The temple has 1220 meters of magnificent corridors and has 1200 gigantic granite column...
MOSQUE IN INDIA
LARGEST MOSQUE IN INDIA
Jama Masjid in New Delhi, overlooking Chandni Chowk and the Red Fort, is the largest mosque in India. The mosque was built by Mughal emperor Shahjahan in 1656. It has typical Mugha...
MONASTERY IN INDIA
LARGEST MONASTERY IN INDIA
Tawang Monastery in Arunachal Pradesh is the largest monastery in India. The monastery is 3 story high and occupies an area of 140 sq m. It is enclosed by a 610 m long compound wal...
GURUDWARA IN INDIA
LARGEST GURUDWARA IN INDIA
Golden Temple in Amritsar is the largest Gurudwara in India. In fact, Golden Temple is the largest Gurudwara in the world. Golden Temple is also known as Harminder Sahib and is con...
DOME IN INDIA
LARGEST DOME IN INDIA
Gol Gumbaz, situated in Bijapur district of Karnataka, is the largest dome in India. Gol Gumbaz has a diameter of 124 feet and is the second largest dome in the world, next only to...
CHURCH IN INDIA
LARGEST CHURCH IN INDIA
Se Cathedral in Old Goa is the largest church in India. The original building was constructed of mud and stones and straw and was erected in 1510 and was dedicated to St. Catherine...
TEMPLE IN INDIA
LARGEST CAVE TEMPLE IN INDIA
Ellora temples in Aurangabad, Maharashtra are the largest cave temples in India. Ellora cave temples are a perfect example of Indian rock cut architecture. Ellora is a World Herita...
CAVE IN INDIA
LARGEST CAVE IN INDIA
Amarnath Cave in Jammu & Kashmir is the largest cave in India. The width of the cave is around 40 yards, its height is about 75 feet; and the cave slopes 80 feet deep down inside t...
GATEWAY IN INDIA
HIGHEST GATEWAY IN INDIA
Buland Darwaza is the highest gateway in India. Buland Darwaza was built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1601 A.D. at Fatehpur Sikri to commemorate his victory over Gujarat. Buland ...
EXCHANGE IN INDIA
OLDEST SOCK EXCHANGE IN INDIA
Bombay Stock Exchange Limited is the oldest stock exchange in India as well as Asia. It was established as "The Native Share & Stock Brokers Association" in 1875. Bombay Stock Exch...
CONCENTRATE PRODUCER IN INDIA
LARGEST SOFT DRINK CONCENTRATE PRODUCER IN INDIA
Rasna Private Limited is the largest soft drink concentrate producer in India. The 275 crores, Ahmedabad based company, has made Rasna, into one of the most recognized brands in In...
RETAIL CHAIN IN INDIA
LARGEST FOOT WEAR RETAIL CHAIN IN INDIA
Bata India is the largest footwear retail chain in India. Bata India serves over 120, 000 customer’s every day and has more than 6800 employees on its rolls. The company operates...
CHAIN IN INDIA
LARGEST BOOK STORE CHAIN IN INDIA
Crossword, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shoppers Stop Limited, is the largest bookstore chain in India. Crossword, with Eighty-three stores, across Ahmedabad, Aurangabad, Amritsar,...
INDIA
LARGEST BANK IN INDIA
State Bank of India (SBI) is the largest bank in India. The bank has a vast domestic network of over 9000 branches (approximately 14% of all bank branches) and commands one-fifth o...
MUSIC RETIAL CHAIN
INDIA’S LARGEST MUSIC RETIAL CHAIN
Music World, part of the RPG group of enterprises, is India's largest music retail chain. The group has over 79 outlets across India. It provides consumers with an unparalleled ran...
SELLING ICE CREAM
INDIA’S LARGEST SELLING ICE CREAM
Amul is India's largest selling Ice Cream. Amul Ice Cream has taken the top spot by replacing Kwality Walls. According to a survey Amul Ice creams are perceived as being superior o...
BPO COMPANY
INDIA’S LARGEST BPO COMPANY
Genpact is India's Largest BPO Company. Genpact manages business processes for companies around the world, combining its process expertise, information technology and analytical ca...
AUTOMOBILE COMPANY
INDIA’S LARGEST AUTOMOBILE COMPANY
Tata Motors is India’s largest automobile company, with consolidated net profit of 9,274 crore (US$2.07 billion) in 2010–11. It is the leader in commercial vehicles and among t...
ALUMINIUMANDCOPPER PRODUCER
INDIA’S LEADING ALUMINIUMANDCOPPER PRODUCER
Hindalco Industries Limited is India's leading aluminium and copper producer. Hindalco is part of the Aditya Birla Group and has a turnover of US$ 14 billion. Hindalco is the world...
INDIAN SEZ
FIRST INDIAN SEZ
Kandla Special Economic Zone (KASEZ) in Gujarat was the first Indian SEZ. It was set up in 1965 and in fact KASEZ was the first SEZ to be set up in Asia. Kandla SEZ is also the lar...