World Records from India - I

Largest vegetarian population
About 20%Indians are practising vegetarians. There are 744 vegetarian communities.

Largest producer of cashew
India accounts for 42% of the world's total cashew nut production (9.25 lakh tonnes).

Tallest Brinjal plant
Abdul Masfoor of Hunsur, Mysore, has a 20 feet tall brinjal plant in his garden.

First on world's highest road
The J&K State Road Transport Corporation operated the first vehicle across Khardung La Pass at 18,380 ft. in 1962.

Mobile Hospital
Jeevan Rekha or Lifeline Express, the first full-fledged hospital on wheels, was flagged off from Mumbai on July 16, 1991.

Highest airport
Leh Airport in Ladakh at a height of 3,256 m(10,680 ft) is the highest non-military airport.

Longest corridor
The corridor in the Ramanathswamy temple at Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu, is 1,220m (4,002 ft) long.

Longest canal
Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojana(IGNP) canal at Rajasthan is 649 km.long.

Largest chandeliers
The Durbar Hall of the Gwalior royal palace has a pair of chandeliers, 42ft.height and weighing three tonnes each.

Longest constitution
The Constitution of India contains 395 Articles and 12 schedules.

Largest constituency
By voter strength: Outer Delhi has 28,80,872 votes.

Party with most votes
Riding a sympathy wave after the assassination of Indira Gandhi Congress (1)secured a record 11,52,21,078 votes and won 412 out of the 513 parliamentary seats.

Longest press conference
V.P.Singh's second press conference on July 20, 1990 lasted two-and a-half hours.

First fingerprint bureau
The world's first fingerprint bureau was set up in Calcutta in June 1897.

Most runs in a day
In the Manchester Test between England and India on July 27, 1936, England scored 398 and India 190 to record an aggregate of 588 for the loss of only six wickets at a rate of over 90 runs per hour in six-and a-half hours.

Most 1000+runs in a calender year
Sunil Gavaskar made 1024 runs in 11 tests in 1976; 1944 runs in nine Tests in 1978; 1,555 runs in 18 Tests in 1979; and 1,310 runs in 18 Tests in 1983.

Fastest double century
Ravi Shastri made 200 not out in 113 minutes for Bombay against Baroda at Mumbai in 1984-85.

Maximum overs (match)
C.S.Nayudu bowled 152.5 overs in the Holkar vs Bombay match in 1944. His analysis: 152.5-25-428-11. Broken up: 64-5-10-153-6 and 88-15-275-5.

First woman to swim the Straits of Gibraltar
Aarti Pradhan (then 17) swam the 30 km Straits on August 29, 1988 in 7 hr 17 min.

Theme Sari
A sari designed and woven in 1998 by Rmk, a silk sari store of Tirunelveli, depicted 33 different designs using Bharata Natyam abhinayas(postures)

Pulling with teeth
Punjab Police ASI Narinder Singh of Nawanpind, Akalgarh (Phagwara) pulled a 150 tonne diesel engine with his teeth for 8.50 m at the Old Delhi railway station on Jan 2,1994.

Oldest Record For Rice Cultivation
The records of rice 'domestication' have been found at Neolithic sites (pre-7000 B.C) at Koldhiwa, Mahagara in Allahbad dist.;Manigara and Baraunha in Mirzapur dist.; Sohgaura in gorakhpur dist.; and Lahura Deva in Basti dist.

Highest Wheat Yield
India recorded a yield of about 2,781 kg/ha in 1999-2000