List of records of India

List of records of India - lists world record and national record achieved by individual, groups, business or institutions from India.

Geography

• world highest rainfall annually Mawsynram, Meghalaya 11873 mm

Transportation

Aviation

• largest air rescue operation - National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Jammu and Kashmir September 2014
• largest passenger terminal Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai 2014
• India's tallest air traffic control tower Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport 2014

Rail

• world largest employer - Indian Railways
• world longest platform Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh

Road

• Tata Nano driven on longest journey. 8046 km^[1]
• Morris Street most expensive Indian luxury car.
• world largest two wheel manufacturer Hero Motocorp
• world best selling small car Maruti Alto
• world first masterpiece luxury car manufacturing co. Hradyesh
• world cheapest small car Tata Nano

Water

• First indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant 2013

Business

• first postal ATM Chennai 2014
• largest micro financier Bandhan Bank
• largest manufacturer of hosiery Rupa and company

Entertainment

Movies

• India world largest film production country with nearly 1200 film releasess annually
• highest box office collection Dhoom 3 2014
• highest paid bollywood movie actor Shah Rukh Khan 2014
• highest paid bollywood movie actress Katrina Kaif 2014
• most film appearances in the shortest time - Brahmanandam (846)
• most film appearances in career - Manorama (1500)
• most film appearances in a language - Brahmanadam (754) in Telugu
• most film produced in a same year - in 2005 Telugu film industry produced a record 268 films

Music

• national anthem recital at highest point Vikram Kumar Mount Chamser Kangri, Ladakh 6,622 m above sea level.
• world's most recorded artist in history - Asha Bhosle has sung 12,000 songs
• world's most prolific music director - Ilaiyaraaja composed nearly 9,000 songs in 1,119 films
• most songs recorded in a single day - Kumar Sanu (28 songs)

Television

Theater

Literature

Buildings

• world first granite temple Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu

Financial

• world record for highest number (180,96130) of new bank accounts opened in August 2014.^[2]
• world largest number of post office in India

Sports

• world highest cricket ground Chail Himachal Pradesh 2444 above sea level.
• highest cricket centuries in international cricket Sachin Tendulkar
• farthest distance limbo skating under car Shreeya Rakesh Deshpande 48.21 m
• 100 year old marathon runner Fauja Singh^[3]
• world record by swimming in the Antarctic Ocean Bhakti Sharma 1.4 miles in 52 minutes.^[4]
• most sixes in an inning Rohit Sharma 2013 Bangalore
• highest score in odi - 264 by Rohit Sharma
• most double centuries in ODI - Rohit Sharma
• most fours in ODI - Sachin Tendulkar
• most fours in Test - Sachin Tendulkar
• most centuries in ODI - 49 by Sachin Tendulkar
• most centuries in Test - 51 by Sachin Tendulkar
• world youngest chess champion Tania Shachdev (girls U-8)1993, 1994

Political

• world largest democracy country
• most political parties contest, 464 in 2014 general elections
• world largest democratic elections, 16th Lok Sabha 2014 84.41 crore voters

Others

• world biggest biometric database (over 700 million) in a country
• world largest ruby owner Rajiv Golcha 21,955 gms
• world largest bread /roti 63.99 kg Jalaram Temple
• world most expensive wedding Vanisha mittal daughter of Lakshmi Mittal 2004
• world longest moustache Ram Singh Chauhan 4.29 m
• richest Indian Mukesh Ambani
• most invited wedding ceremony - Jayalalita Jayaram invited nearly 2 lakh people in her son's wedding ceremony

References