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1.
Location
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Latitude-8°4’ North
to 37°6’ North
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Longitude- 68°7’ East to 97°25’
East
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2.
Area
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3.28 million sq. kms which is 2.4% of the
world’s total area
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Length- 3214 kms
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Breadth- 2933 kms
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3.
Southern most point of Indian Mainland
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Kanyakumari or Cape Camorin (8°4’
North)
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4.
Southern most point of India
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Indira Point or Pygmallion Point in Great
Nicobar (6.5° North)
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5.
Northern most point of India
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Siachen Glacier near Karakoram
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6.
Western most point of India
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West of Ghuar Mota, Gujarat
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7.
Eastern most point of India
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Kibithu, Arunachal Pradesh
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8.
Highest Point or highest peak
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Godwin Austin or Mt. K2 (8611m)
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9.
Lowest Point
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Kuttanad (-2.2m) in Kerala
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10.
Standard Meridian (IST)
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Longitude- 82.5° East,
which passes through 5 states viz, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh,
Chattisgarh, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh
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The 82.5° East
longitude is taken as Standard Time Meridian of India, as it passes through
the middle of India (through Naini, near Allahabad.) Hence Naini, Near
Allahabad gives the Standard Time of India.
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It is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of the
Greenwich Meridian
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11.
Longest/Largest River
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Lengthwise-Ganga (2510 kms)
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Volumewise-Brahmaputra
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12.
Largest Riverine Island
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Majuli Island (1500 sq. kms) in Brahmaputra
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13.
Largest Oceanic Island
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Middle Andaman in Andaman and Nicobar
Islands
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14.
Maximum length of border is shared with
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Bangladesh, 4096 km long
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15.
Highest Dam
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Tehri Dam (265m) on Bhagirathi river in
Uttarakhand. It is also the world’s highest rock based dam.
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16.
Longest Dam
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Hirakud Dam of Mahanadi River in Odisha
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17.
Hottest Place
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Briyawali in Bikaner district of Rajasthan
(56°C)
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18.
Wettest Place
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Mawsynram, located at Khasi hills in
Meghalaya
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19.
Coldest Place
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Drass in Jammu and Kashmir (-45°C)
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20.
Highest Waterfall
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Jog or Gersoppa or Gandhi Waterfall on
River Saravati in Karnataka
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21.
Longest Canal
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Indira Gandhi canal, also called the
Rajasthan Canal
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22.
Longest Coastline
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Gujarat Coast (1600 kms)
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23.
Longest Beach
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Marina Beach in Chennai
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24.
Longest Bridge
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Mahatma Gandhi setu on Ganga River near
Patna
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25.
Largest Plateau
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Deccan Plateau
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26.
Largest Desert
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Great Indian Desert or Thar Desert in
Rajasthan
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27.
Largest Cave
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Amarnath Cave in Jammu and Kashmir
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28.
Largest Delta
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Sunderbans in West Bengal, formend by Ganga
and Brahmaputra. It is also the world’s largest delta.
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29.
International Boundary Lines with India
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Pakistan-Radcliff Line (1947) drawn up by
Sir Cyril Radcliffe; 24th Parallel along Rann of Katchch
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China-McMohan Line (1914) drawn up by Sir
Henry McMohan
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30.
Other Facts
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The Tropic of Cancer(23.5° North)
passes through 8 states, viz, Gujarat (near Gandhinagar), Rajasthan(near
Banswara district), Madhya Pradesh(near Bhopal, Jabalpur, Ujjain),
Chattisgarh, Jharkhand(near Ranchi), West Bengal(near Bardhaman), Tripura(near
Agartala) and Mizoram(near Aizawl)
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Uttar Pradesh shares maximum boundary with
8 states
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Madhya Pradesh shares boundary with 6
states
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In Northeast India, Assam touches maximum
boundary with 7 states
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Sri Lanka is separated from India by Palk
Strait or Adam’s Bridge
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The only state of India touching the border
with Afghanistan is Jammu and Kashmir
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