Showing posts with label highest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label highest. Show all posts

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Which mountain was regarded as the highest mountain before Everest was discovered?

 The Chronological list of the Mountains which were once presumed to be the tallest in the world.

  • Chimborazo - 6,267 meters (20,561 ft), Ecuador - Until the beginning of the 19th century, this is considered to be the tallest mountain in the world. The tip of the mountain is the farthest from the Earth’s center, because of the equatorial bulge of Earth.
  • Nanda Devi - 7,816 meters (25,643 ft), India - Before Kanchenjunga was discovered in 19th century, this is presumed to be the tallest.
  • Dhaulagiri - 8,167 meters (26,795 ft), Nepal - From 1808 to 1847, this is considered to be the tallest.
  • Kanchenjunga - 8,586 meters (28,169 ft), India - From 1847 until 1852, this is considered to be the tallest.
  • K2 - 8,611 meters (28,251 ft), India-Pakistan - Discovered in 1856. This was discovered before Mount Everest was officially declared as the World's tallest Mountain. Considered as the tallest for a very short period.
  • Mount Everest - 8,848 meters (29,029 ft). Nepal - Discovered in 1852, but officially confirmed in 1856.

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Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Who were some of the highest paid Bollywood actors in the 90s?

 Ajay Devgn

In 1995, Ajay Devgn did movies for ₹70 lakhs. He had four releases that year, most of them didn’t work at the box office.

Suniel Shetty

Suniel Shetty charged ₹30 lakhs for Rajkumar Kohli’s Jaani Dushman. He and Sunny Deol were said to be bankable and worth it.

Amitabh Bachchan

₹3 crores is how much Amitabh Bachchan charged per film after Khuda Gawah released. Back then ABCL (Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited) had him on a one film per year contract.

Shah Rukh Khan

1995 was the year Shah Rukh Khan delivered Karan Arjun and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. Back then, his fee per film was ₹30 lakhs and we saw him do Dil Toh Pagal Hai, Koyla, Pardesand Yes Boss in the coming years.

Madhuri Dixit

Hum Aapke Hain Kaun hit the jackpot at the box office and broke some major records. Post the success of this film, Madhuri Dixit charged Rs 50 Lakhs for Rakesh Roshan's Koyla.

Juhi Chawla

After films like Darr andHum Hai Rahi Pyaar Ke, Juhi Chawla charged a fee of ₹20 lakhs per project.

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

State with Highest Number of Hindu Mandir in Bharat

1. Tamil Nadu - 79,154

2. Maharashtra - 77,283

3. Karnataka - 66,465

4. West Bengal - 58,876

5. Andhra Pradesh - 56,890

6. Gujarat - 49, 984

7. Himachal Pradesh - 42,652

8. Rajasthan - 38,955

9. Odisha - 31,780

10. Telangana - 28,576

11. Madhya Pradesh - 28,050

12. Kerala - 22,848

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

ಯಾವುದನ್ನು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಅತಿ ಎತ್ತರವಾದ ಶಿಖರ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯಲಾಗುತದೆ?

 à²•ರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಅತಿ ಎತ್ತರವಾದ ಶಿಖರವು ಮುಳ್ಳಯ್ಯನಗಿರಿ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಇದು ಚಿಕ್ಕಮಗಳೂರು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಘಟ್ಟಗಳ ಚಂದ್ರ ದ್ರೋಣ ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ಶ್ರೇಣಿಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ.

ಈ ಶಿಖರವು ಸುಮಾರು à³§,೯೨೫ ಮೀಟರ್ (೬,೩೧೬ ಅಡಿ) ಎತ್ತರವಿದ್ದು, ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಎತ್ತರದ ಶಿಖರವಾಗಿದೆ.

ಇದು ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಘಟ್ಟಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ೨೩ನೇ ಅತಿ ಎತ್ತರದ ಶಿಖರವೂ ಹೌದು.

ಮುಳ್ಳಯ್ಯನಗಿರಿಯ ಹೆಸರು ಅಲ್ಲಿನ ಒಂದು ಸಣ್ಣ ದೇವಾಲಯದಿಂದ ಬಂದಿದೆ, ಇದು ಋಷಿ ಮುಳಪ್ಪ ಸ್ವಾಮಿಗೆ ಸಮರ್ಪಿತವಾಗಿದೆ.

ಈ ಶಿಖರವು ಅದರ ಸುಂದರ ದೃಶ್ಯಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಹಸಿರು ಕಾಫಿ ತೋಟಗಳಿಗಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾಗಿದೆ.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Biggest, Highest and Largest in India

Highest AwardBharat Ratna
Highest Gallantry AwardParam Vir Chakra
Longest River in IndiaThe Ganges
Longest Tributary river of IndiaYamuna
Largest LakeWular Lake, Kashmir
Largest Lake (Saline Water)Chilka Lake, Orrisa
Largest Man-Made LakeGovind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)
Largest Fresh Water LakeKolleru Lake (Andhra Pradesh)
Highest LakeDevtal Lake, Gadhwal (Uttarakhand)
Highest LakeDevatal (Gharhwal)
Highest PeakKarkoram-2 of K-2(8,611 meters)
Highest Peak in the world is Mount Everest which is in Nepal
Largest Populated CityMumbai
Largest State(Area)Rajasthan
Largest State(Population)Uttar Pradesh
Highest rainfallCherrapunhi (426 inches per annum)
Highest WatefallNohkalikai Falls (335 meters, 1100 ft high) in Shora
State wise largest area under forestMadhya Pradesh
Largest DeltaSunderbans Delta
Largest River without DeltaNarmada and Tapti
Longest Cantilever Span bridgeHowrah Bridge
Longest River BridgeMahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna
Biggest Cave templeEllora
Longest RoadGrand Trunk Road
Highest RoadRoad at Khardungla,(in Leh-Manali Sector)
Biggest MosqueJama Masjid at Delhi
Highest GatewayBuland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri (53.6 meters high)
Tallest StatueStatue of Gomateshwar (17 meters high In Karnataka
Largest Public Sector BankState Bank of India
Longest CanalIndira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal (Rajasthan)
Largest DomeGol Gumbaz at Bijapur
Largest ZooZoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata)
Largest MuseumIndia Museum at Kolkata
Longest DamHirakud Dam (Orrisa)
Highest DamTehri Dam ( 260 meters , 850 ft )
Highest TowerKutab Minar at Delhi (88.4 meters high)
Largest DesertThar (Rajasthan)
Largest DistrictKutch district
Fastest TrainShatabadi Express running between New Delhi and Bhopal
State with longest coastlineGujarat
State with longest coastline of South IndiaAndhra Pradesh
Longest Electric Railway LineFrom Delhi to Kolkata via Patna
Longest Railway RouteFrom Assam to Kanyakumari
Longest Railway PlatformKharagpur (W. Bengal)
Highest Railway StationGhum (W. Bengal)
Longest PlatformKharagpur (West Bengal) 833 meters in Length. It is also the longest railway station in world
Longest TunnelJawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir)
Longest HighwayNH-44 (NH-7) which turns from Varanasi to Kanyakumari
Smallest State (Population)Sikkim
Smallest State (Area)Goa
Largest State (Area)Rajasthan
Largest State (Population)Uttar Pradesh
Densest Populated StateWest Bengal
Largest CaveAmarnath (J&K)
Largest Cave TempleKailash Temple, Ellora (Maharastra)
Largest Animal FairSonepur (Bihar)
Largest AuditoriumSri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
Biggest HotelOberai-Sheraton (Mumbai)
Largest PortMumbai
Largest GurudwaraGolden Temple, Amritsar
Deepest River ValleyBhagirathi & Alaknanda
Largest ChurchSaint Cathedral (Goa)
Oldest ChurchSt. Thomas Church at Palayar, Trichur (Kerala)
Longest RiverGanga (2640 km long)
Longest BeachMarina Beach, Chennai
Highest Battle FieldSiachin Glacier
Highest AirportLeh (Laddakh)
Biggest StadiumYuva Bharti (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata
Largest River IslandMajuli (Brahmaputra River, Asom)
Largest PlanetariumBirla Planetarium (Kolkata)
Sambhar lakeLargest inland salt lake