List of records of India

This article lists the World Records and National Records achieved by individual, groups, business or institutions from India.
Geography
* World's 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
* India's largest employer: Indian Railways
* World's longest platform: Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh
Road
* Tata Nano driven on longest journey: 8046 km
*The most expensive Indian luxury car: Morris Street
* India's largest two wheel manufacturer: Hero Motocorp
* World's best selling small car: Maruti Alto
* World's first masterpiece luxury car manufacturing Corp: Hradyesh
* World's 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 is the world's largest film production country with nearly 1200 film releases annually.
* Highest box office collection: PK 2014
* Highest paid Bollywood movie actor: Salman Khan 2014
* Highest paid Bollywood movie actress: Katrina Kaif 2014
* Most film appearances in the shortest time: Jagathy Sreekumar (more than 1500)
* Most film appearances in career: Sukumari (more than 2000)
* Most film appearances in a language: Jagathy Sreekumar (more than 1500) in Malayalam
* 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 at 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)
Buildings
* World's first granite temple: Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu
* World's Most Visited Holy Place in the World at Tirupathi Venkateshwara Temple, Tirupathi
Financial
*World record for highest number (180,96130) of new bank accounts opened in August 2014.
* World's largest number of post office.
Sports
* World's highest cricket ground: Chail Himachal Pradesh 2444 above sea level.
* Highest cricket centuries in international cricket: Sachin Tendulkar
* Most fours in ODI: Sachin Tendulkar
* Most fours in Test: Sachin Tendulkar
* Most centuries in ODI-49: Sachin Tendulkar
* Most centuries in Test-51: Sachin Tendulkar
* Most sixes in an inning: Rohit Sharma 2013 Bangalore
* Highest score in odi: 264 by Rohit Sharma at Eden Gardens
* Most double centuries in an ODI: Rohit Sharma
* Farthest distance limbo skating under car: Shreeya Rakesh Deshpande 48.21 m
* 100-year-old marathon runner: Fauja Singh
* World record by swimming in the Antarctic Ocean: Bhakti Sharma 1.4 miles in 52 minutes.
* World's youngest chess champion: Tania Shachdev (girls U-8) 1993, 1994
* Largest tug of war tournament: Bharuch, Gujarat, on 11-12 January 2016.
Political
* World's largest democratic country
* Most political parties contest: 464 in 2014 general elections
* World's largest democratic elections: 16th Lok Sabha 2014 had 84.41 crore voters
Others
* World's biggest biometric database (over 700 million)
* World's largest ruby owner: Rajiv Golcha 21,955 gms
* World's largest bread /roti: 63.99 kg Jalaram Temple
* One of the most expensive wedding in the world: Vanisha Mittal, daughter of Lakshmi Mittal 2004
* World's longest moustache: Ram Singh Chauhan 4.29 m
* Richest Indian: Mukesh Ambani

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